South Dakota Codified Laws 21-36-15. Circuit court not to settle estate unless state has intervened
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The circuit court shall make no order in any manner disposing of or distributing the property belonging to an estate, except for the purpose of paying claims of creditors, unless the attorney general has instituted, or intervened in such probate proceedings, in which case settlement of the estate shall be completed, subject to the right of appeal by any interested party including the state.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-36-15
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- 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.
Source: SL 1909, ch 104, § 5; RC 1919, § 3053; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4204; SL 1995, ch 167, § 95.