§ 30.200 What is a summary probate proceeding?
§ 30.201 May I file a claim in a summary probate proceeding?
§ 30.202 What will happen when OHA receives the summary probate file?
§ 30.203 What will happen if the funds in the estate are insufficient to provide each heir or devisee at least one cent?
§ 30.204 May I request that a formal probate proceeding be conducted instead of a summary probate proceeding?
§ 30.205 What must a summary probate decision contain?
§ 30.206 What notice of the summary probate decision will the judge or ADM provide?
§ 30.207 How do I seek review of a summary probate proceeding?
§ 30.208 What happens after I file a request for review?
§ 30.209 What will the judge or ADM do with the official record of the summary probate case?

Terms Used In CFR > Title 43 > Subtitle A > Part 30 > Subpart I - Summary Probate Proceedings

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Law of descent: The State statutes that specify how a deceased person
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.