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28-42-102. Application for ancillary letters.
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28-42-102. Application for ancillary letters.
(a)(1) A foreign personal representative, upon the filing of an authenticated copy of his or her domiciliary letters with the circuit court of the county of proper venue, may be issued letters in this state, notwithstanding that the personal representative is a nonresident of this state.
(2) A corporate foreign personal representative need not otherwise qualify as a corporation to do business under the general corporation laws of this state to authorize it to act as ancillary personal representative in the particular estate if it complies with the provisions of §§ 28-42-104 and 28-42-105.
(b) Upon application by a foreign personal representative for the issuance of ancillary letters, preference shall be given to such an applicant, unless the court finds that the appointment will not be for the best interest of the estate. If the court so finds, the court may order the issuance of ancillary letters to any person eligible under the provisions of § 28-48-101.
(c) An interested person may apply for issuance of ancillary letters to a qualified person other than the foreign personal representative. In that event, the applicant, in the manner directed or approved by the court, shall give notice of the application to the foreign personal representative, if the foreign personal representative's name and address are known, and to the court which appointed him or her, if the court is known. If, at the time of filing the application, the name and address of the foreign representative or the court which appointed him or her are not known, the notice shall be given as soon thereafter, either before or after the issuance of letters, as the facts pertaining thereto become known.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-42-102
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28-42-102. Application for ancillary letters.
(a)(1) A foreign personal representative, upon the filing of an authenticated copy of his or her domiciliary letters with the circuit court of the county of proper venue, may be issued letters in this state, notwithstanding that the personal representative is a nonresident of this state.
(2) A corporate foreign personal representative need not otherwise qualify as a corporation to do business under the general corporation laws of this state to authorize it to act as ancillary personal representative in the particular estate if it complies with the provisions of §§ 28-42-104 and 28-42-105.
(b) Upon application by a foreign personal representative for the issuance of ancillary letters, preference shall be given to such an applicant, unless the court finds that the appointment will not be for the best interest of the estate. If the court so finds, the court may order the issuance of ancillary letters to any person eligible under the provisions of § 28-48-101.
(c) An interested person may apply for issuance of ancillary letters to a qualified person other than the foreign personal representative. In that event, the applicant, in the manner directed or approved by the court, shall give notice of the application to the foreign personal representative, if the foreign personal representative's name and address are known, and to the court which appointed him or her, if the court is known. If, at the time of filing the application, the name and address of the foreign representative or the court which appointed him or her are not known, the notice shall be given as soon thereafter, either before or after the issuance of letters, as the facts pertaining thereto become known.
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28-42-104. Designation of agent.
Prior to the granting of ancillary letters to a nonresident, the nonresident ancillary personal representative shall comply with the provisions of § 28-48-101(b)(6) concerning designation of an agent to accept service of process.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-42-104
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28-42-105. Substitution of foreign for local representative.
(a)(1) If any other person has been appointed local personal representative, the foreign personal representative, not later than twenty (20) days after the dispatch of notice to him or her under § 28-42-102, unless this period is extended for cause by the court, may apply for revocation of the appointment and for granting of ancillary letters to himself or herself.
(2) Notice of the hearing on the application shall be given to the local personal representative.
(b)(1) Upon the finding that the action is for the best interest of the estate, the court may revoke the letters of the local personal representative and grant the application of the foreign personal representative.
(2) After the application is granted, the local personal representative shall deliver to the foreign personal representative all assets and records of the estate in his or her possession and shall account to the foreign personal representative and to the court.
(3) The hearing on the account may be held immediately, or upon such notice as the court may direct.
(4) Upon compliance with the court's direction, the local personal representative and his or her sureties shall be discharged.
(c)(1) Upon qualification, the foreign personal representative shall be substituted in all actions and proceedings brought by or against the local personal representative in his or her representative capacity and shall be entitled to all the rights and be subject to all the burden arising out of the uncompleted administration in all respects as if it had been continued by the local personal representative.
(2) If the local personal representative has served or has been served with any process or notice, no further service or notice shall be nece
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-42-105
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 28-42-105. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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28-48-101. Persons entitled to domiciliary letters.
(a) Domiciliary letters testamentary or of general administration may be granted to one (1) or more of the natural or corporate persons mentioned in this section who are not disqualified, in the following order of priority:
(1) To the executor or executors nominated in the will;
(2) To the surviving spouse, or his or her nominee, upon petition filed during a period of thirty (30) days after the death of the decedent;
(3) To one (1) or more of the persons entitled to a distributive share of the estate, or his or her nominee, as the court in its discretion may determine, if application for letters is made within forty (40) days after the death of the decedent, in case there is a surviving spouse and, if no surviving spouse, within thirty (30) days after the death of the decedent; and
(4) To any other qualified person.
(b) A person is not qualified to serve as domiciliary personal representative if the person is:
(1) Under eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Of unsound mind;
(3) A convicted and unpardoned felon, either under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States;
(4) A corporation not authorized to act as fiduciary in this state;
(5) A person whom the court finds unsuitable; or
(6)(A) A natural person who is a nonresident of this state, unless he or she shall have appointed the clerk of the court in which the proceedings are pending, and the clerk's successors in office, or some person residing in the county of probate and approved by the court, as agent to accept service of process and notice in all actions and proceedings with respect to the estate.
(B) If a person other than the clerk who has been appointed process agent dies, becomes incompetent, or remov
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-48-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 28-48-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.