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§58-246.


§58-246.
   
   A. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall dispense with the
   regular estate proceedings prescribed by law and the court shall order
   notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the petition
   for admission of the will, if any, to probate, the petition for
   summary administration, the final accounting, and the petition for
   determination of heirship, distribution and discharge. However,
   nothing in this section shall affect the lien upon any property for
   any estate or transfer tax which may be due upon the estate of the
   decedent.
   
   B. Notice of the petition, notice to creditors, and notice of final
   accounting, determination of heirship, distribution and discharge
   shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a
   newspaper that is authorized by law to publish legal notices and that
   is published in the county where the petition is filed. If no
   newspaper authorized by law to publish legal notices is published in
   the county, the notice shall be posted in three public places in the
   county, one of which shall be the county courthouse. Notice to
   creditors and notice of hearing upon the petition for summary
   administration and the final accounting, determination of heirship,
   and distribution and discharge shall be combined into one notice,
   referred to as a "combined notice". The combined notice shall be
   mailed to creditors of the decedent as provided in Section 331 and
   331.1 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The combined notice shall
   be mailed to all persons interested in the estate of the decedent at
   their respective last-known addresses not less than thirty (30) days
   prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall set forth a date by
   which the final account and petition for distribution will be filed.
   The date of the filing shall follow the presentment date by at least
   five (5) days and shall precede by at least twenty (20) days the
   hearing on the order allowing final accounting, determination of
   heirs, legatees and devisees, if any, distribution and discharge.
   
   C. The combined notice shall set forth the following:
   
   1. The name, address, and date of death of the decedent;
   
   2. The name and address of the petitioner;
   
   3. The total value of the estate of the decedent as set forth in the
   petition;
   
   4. The time and place of the hearing;
   
   5. That the person receiving the notice must file objections to the
   petition at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy to
   the petitioner or that person will be deemed to have waived any
   objections to the petition;
   
   6. That if an objection is filed at least ten (10) days before the
   hearing, the court will determine at the hearing whether the will
   attached to the petition shall be admitted to probate, whether summary
   proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be
   distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed; and
   
   7. The claim of any creditor not shown in the petition will be barred
   unless the claim is presented to the personal representative on or
   before a date certain at least thirty (30) days following the filing
   of the combined notice.
   
   D. The matter shall be set for hearing not less than forty-five (45)
   days following the first publication of notice to creditors or
   combined notice.
   
   E. If there is a defect in notice or in the form of the petition or if
   objections are filed, or for other good cause shown, the hearing may
   be postponed to a date certain.
   

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