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§58-1.
§58-1.
A. The district court has probate jurisdiction, and the judge thereof
power, which must be exercised in the cases and in the manner
prescribed by statute:
1. To open and receive proof of last wills and testaments, and to
admit them to proof and to revoke the probate thereof, and to allow
and record foreign wills;
2. To grant letters testamentary, of administration and of
guardianship, and to revoke the same;
3. To appoint appraisers of estates of deceased persons and of minors
and incapacitated persons;
4. To compel personal representatives and guardians to render
accounts;
5. To order the sale of property of estates, or belonging to minors or
to incapacitated persons;
6. To order the payments of debts from estates or guardianships;
7. To order and regulate all distribution of property or estates of
deceased persons;
8. To compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of title
deeds, papers, and other property of an estate, or of a minor, or
incapacitated persons;
9. To exercise all the powers conferred by this chapter or by other
law;
10. To make such orders as may be necessary to the exercise of the
powers conferred upon it; and
11. To appoint and remove guardians for infants, and for persons
insane or who are otherwise incapacitated persons; to compel payment
and delivery by them of money or property belonging to their wards, to
control their conduct and settle their accounts.
B. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the
administration of any estate is granted jurisdiction and venue to
cause Oklahoma and federal estate taxes to be equitably apportioned
and collected.
C. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the
administration of any estate is granted unlimited concurrent
jurisdiction and venue to hear and determine:
1. In whom the title to any property is vested, whether the property
is real, personal, tangible, intangible, or any combination thereof;
2. Rights with respect to such property as to all persons and
entities; and
3. Whether or not such property is subject to the jurisdiction of the
court in the decedent's estate.
D. For proceedings under subsection C of this section, service of
notice and process shall be required as in other cases and the
provisions of the Oklahoma Pleading Code, Section 2001 et seq. of
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be followed.
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