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28-53-103. Order of final distribution — Notice and hearing.
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28-53-103. Order of final distribution — Notice and hearing.
(a) Upon the filing of a final account of a personal representative praying for an order of final distribution or for approval of final distribution previously made, the court shall fix a date for hearing, not earlier than sixty (60) days after such a filing.
(b) In addition to the notice required by § 28-52-106, the clerk, by one (1) or more of the methods provided by § 28-1-112 as the court may by rule or specific order direct, shall notify all distributees of the estate, the surviving spouse, if any, of the decedent, all unpaid creditors, the surety of the personal representative, and such other persons, if any, as the court may direct, of the filing of the final account and the date set for hearing thereon.
(c) However, the court may order a final distribution or approve a final distribution previously made immediately upon the filing of the final account when it appears to the court that all parties in interest who are of full age and under no disability have waived the notice and hearing and that the guardians of all parties in interest who are minors or under disability of incompetency have waived the notice and hearing.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-53-103
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28-53-103. Order of final distribution — Notice and hearing.
(a) Upon the filing of a final account of a personal representative praying for an order of final distribution or for approval of final distribution previously made, the court shall fix a date for hearing, not earlier than sixty (60) days after such a filing.
(b) In addition to the notice required by § 28-52-106, the clerk, by one (1) or more of the methods provided by § 28-1-112 as the court may by rule or specific order direct, shall notify all distributees of the estate, the surviving spouse, if any, of the decedent, all unpaid creditors, the surety of the personal representative, and such other persons, if any, as the court may direct, of the filing of the final account and the date set for hearing thereon.
(c) However, the court may order a final distribution or approve a final distribution previously made immediately upon the filing of the final account when it appears to the court that all parties in interest who are of full age and under no disability have waived the notice and hearing and that the guardians of all parties in interest who are minors or under disability of incompetency have waived the notice and hearing.
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28-1-112. Notice — Service — Proof — Costs.
(a) When Notice to Be Given. Notice to interested persons need be given only when and as specifically provided for in the Probate Code or as ordered by the court. When no notice is required by the Probate Code, the court, by rule or by order in a particular case, may require such notice as it deems desirable.
(b) Kinds of Notice Required. Unless waived and except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to rule of the court or order of the court in a particular case specifying which of the following types of service shall be employed, notices required by the Probate Code may be served either:
(1) By delivering a copy personally to a person, if a natural person, and, if a corporation or a partnership, by delivering a copy to an individual upon whom civil process may be legally served in behalf of the corporation or partnership at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing;
(2) By leaving a copy at the usual place of abode of the person being served with some person over fifteen (15) years of age who is a member of his or her family, the notice to be served by an officer authorized to serve process in civil actions at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing;
(3) By registered mail, requesting a return receipt signed by addressee only, addressed to the person to be served located in the United States at his or her address stated in the petition for the hearing, to be posted by depositing in any United States Post Office in this state at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date set for the hearing;
(4)(A) By publishing one (1) time a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county, with the first day of publication to be at
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-1-112
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28-52-106. Notice of filing of accounts.
During the first week of each month the clerk shall publish, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the county, a notice of estates in which accounts have been filed by personal representatives during the preceding month, listing in alphabetical order the names of the estates, with the names of the personal representatives thereof and the respective dates of the filing of the accounts, and calling on interested persons to file objections to the accounts on or before the sixtieth day following the filing of the respective accounts, failing which the persons will be barred forever from excepting to the account.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-52-106
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 28-52-106. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.