Decisions in Formal Proceedings

§ 30.235 - What will the judge's decision in a formal probate proceeding contain?

§ 30.236 - How are covered permanent improvements treated?

§ 30.237 - What notice of the decision will the judge provide?

§ 30.238 - May I file a petition for rehearing if I disagree with the judge's decision in the formal probate hearing?

§ 30.239 - Does any distribution of the estate occur while a petition for rehearing is pending?

§ 30.240 - How will the judge decide a petition for rehearing?

§ 30.241 - May I submit another petition for rehearing?

§ 30.242 - When does the judge's order on a petition for rehearing become final?

§ 30.243 - May a closed probate case be reopened?

§ 30.244 - When must a petition for reopening be filed?

§ 30.245 - What legal standard will be applied to reopen a case?

§ 30.246 - What must be included in a petition for reopening?

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§ 30.248 - How will the judge decide my petition for reopening?

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§ 30.250 - May a correction order be issued to correct typographical and other non-substantive errors?

§ 30.251 - What happens if BIA identifies additional property of a decedent after the probate decision is issued?

§ 30.252 - What happens if BIA identifies that property was incorrectly included in a decedent's inventory?

§ 30.253 - What happens if a request for reconsideration of a distribution order is timely made?

Notice

§ 30.210 - How will I receive personal notice of the formal probate proceeding?

§ 30.211 - How will OHA provide public notice of the formal probate proceeding?

§ 30.212 - May I waive notice of the hearing or the form of notice?

§ 30.213 - What notice to a tribe is required in a formal probate proceeding?

§ 30.214 - What must a notice of hearing contain?

Depositions, Discovery, and Prehearing Conference

§ 30.215 - How may I obtain documents related to the probate proceeding?

§ 30.216 - How do I obtain permission to take depositions?

§ 30.217 - How is a deposition taken?

§ 30.218 - How may the transcript of a deposition be used?

§ 30.219 - Who pays for the costs of taking a deposition?

§ 30.220 - How do I obtain written interrogatories and admission of facts and documents?

§ 30.221 - May the judge limit the time, place, and scope of discovery?

§ 30.222 - What happens if a party fails to comply with discovery?

§ 30.223 - What is a prehearing conference?

Hearings

§ 30.224 - May a judge compel a witness to appear and testify at a hearing or deposition?

§ 30.225 - Must testimony in a probate proceeding be under oath or affirmation?

§ 30.226 - Is a record made of formal probate hearings?

§ 30.227 - What evidence is admissible at a probate hearing?

§ 30.228 - Is testimony required for self-proved wills, codicils, or revocations?

§ 30.229 - When will testimony be required for approval of a will, codicil, or revocation?

§ 30.230 - Who pays witnesses' costs?

§ 30.231 - May a judge schedule a supplemental hearing?

§ 30.232 - What will the official record of the probate case contain?

§ 30.233 - What will the judge do with the original record?

§ 30.234 - What happens if a hearing transcript has not been prepared?