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- 43 CFR 30.152 · May the parties to an agreement waive valuation of trust property?
- 43 CFR 30.153 · Is an order approving an agreement considered a partition or sale transaction?
- 43 CFR 30.180 · May I give up an inherited interest in trust or restricted property or trust personalty?
- 43 CFR 30.181 · When may I renounce a devised or inherited interest?
- 43 CFR 30.182 · Who may renounce an inherited interest on behalf of an heir or devisee who dies before the hearing?
- 43 CFR 30.183 · Who may receive a renounced interest in trust or restricted land if the land will descend pursuant to a valid will?
- 43 CFR 30.184 · Who may receive a renounced interest in trust or restricted land if the land will descend by intestate succession?
- 43 CFR 30.185 · Who may receive a renounced interest in trust personalty?
- 43 CFR 30.186 · How do I renounce an inherited interest?
- 43 CFR 30.187 · What happens if I do not designate any eligible individual or entity to receive the renounced interest?
- 43 CFR 30.188 · What steps will the judge take if I designate a recipient?
- 43 CFR 30.189 · May my designated recipient refuse to accept the interest?
- 43 CFR 30.190 · Are renunciations that predate the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 valid?
- 43 CFR 30.191 · May I revoke my renunciation?
- 43 CFR 30.192 · Does a renounced interest vest in the person who renounced it?
- 43 CFR 30.200 · What is a summary probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.201 · May I file a claim in a summary probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.202 · What will happen when OHA receives the summary probate file?
- 43 CFR 30.203 · What will happen if the funds in the estate are insufficient to provide each heir or devisee at least one cent?
- 43 CFR 30.204 · May I request that a formal probate proceeding be conducted instead of a summary probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.205 · What must a summary probate decision contain?
- 43 CFR 30.206 · What notice of the summary probate decision will the judge or ADM provide?
- 43 CFR 30.207 · How do I seek review of a summary probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.208 · What happens after I file a request for review?
- 43 CFR 30.209 · What will the judge or ADM do with the official record of the summary probate case?
- 43 CFR 30.210 · How will I receive personal notice of the formal probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.211 · How will OHA provide public notice of the formal probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.212 · May I waive notice of the hearing or the form of notice?
- 43 CFR 30.213 · What notice to a tribe is required in a formal probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.214 · What must a notice of hearing contain?
- 43 CFR 30.215 · How may I obtain documents related to the probate proceeding?
- 43 CFR 30.216 · How do I obtain permission to take depositions?
- 43 CFR 30.217 · How is a deposition taken?
- 43 CFR 30.218 · How may the transcript of a deposition be used?
- 43 CFR 30.219 · Who pays for the costs of taking a deposition?
- 43 CFR 30.220 · How do I obtain written interrogatories and admission of facts and documents?
- 43 CFR 30.221 · May the judge limit the time, place, and scope of discovery?
- 43 CFR 30.222 · What happens if a party fails to comply with discovery?
- 43 CFR 30.223 · What is a prehearing conference?
- 43 CFR 30.224 · May a judge compel a witness to appear and testify at a hearing or deposition?
- 43 CFR 30.225 · Must testimony in a probate proceeding be under oath or affirmation?
- 43 CFR 30.226 · Is a record made of formal probate hearings?
- 43 CFR 30.227 · What evidence is admissible at a probate hearing?
- 43 CFR 30.228 · Is testimony required for self-proved wills, codicils, or revocations?
- 43 CFR 30.229 · When will testimony be required for approval of a will, codicil, or revocation?
- 43 CFR 30.230 · Who pays witnesses' costs?
- 43 CFR 30.231 · May a judge schedule a supplemental hearing?
- 43 CFR 30.232 · What will the official record of the probate case contain?
- 43 CFR 30.233 · What will the judge do with the original record?
- 43 CFR 30.234 · What happens if a hearing transcript has not been prepared?
- 43 CFR 30.235 · What will the judge's decision in a formal probate proceeding contain?
- 43 CFR 30.236 · How are covered permanent improvements treated?
- 43 CFR 30.237 · What notice of the decision will the judge provide?
- 43 CFR 30.238 · May I file a petition for rehearing if I disagree with the judge's decision in the formal probate hearing?
- 43 CFR 30.239 · Does any distribution of the estate occur while a petition for rehearing is pending?
- 43 CFR 30.240 · How will the judge decide a petition for rehearing?
- 43 CFR 30.241 · May I submit another petition for rehearing?
- 43 CFR 30.242 · When does the judge's order on a petition for rehearing become final?
- 43 CFR 30.243 · May a closed probate case be reopened?
- 43 CFR 30.244 · When must a petition for reopening be filed?
- 43 CFR 30.245 · What legal standard will be applied to reopen a case?
- 43 CFR 30.246 · What must be included in a petition for reopening?
- 43 CFR 30.247 · What is not appropriate for a petition for reopening?
- 43 CFR 30.248 · How will the judge decide my petition for reopening?
- 43 CFR 30.249 · What happens when the judge issues an order on reopening?
- 43 CFR 30.250 · May a correction order be issued to correct typographical and other non-substantive errors?
- 43 CFR 30.251 · What happens if BIA identifies additional property of a decedent after the probate decision is issued?
- 43 CFR 30.252 · What happens if BIA identifies that property was incorrectly included in a decedent's inventory?
- 43 CFR 30.253 · What happens if a request for reconsideration of a distribution order is timely made?
- 43 CFR 30.260 · What land is subject to a tribal purchase option at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.261 · How does a tribe exercise its statutory option to purchase?
- 43 CFR 30.262 · When may a tribe exercise its statutory option to purchase?
- 43 CFR 30.263 · May a surviving spouse reserve a life estate when a tribe exercises its statutory option to purchase?
- 43 CFR 30.264 · When must BIA furnish a valuation of a decedent's interests?
- 43 CFR 30.265 · What determinations will a judge make with respect to a tribal purchase option?
- 43 CFR 30.266 · When is a final decision issued?
- 43 CFR 30.267 · What if I disagree with the probate decision regarding tribal purchase option?
- 43 CFR 30.268 · May I demand a hearing regarding the tribal purchase option decision?
- 43 CFR 30.269 · What notice of the hearing will the judge provide?
- 43 CFR 30.270 · How will the hearing be conducted?
- 43 CFR 30.271 · How must the tribe pay for the interests it purchases?
- 43 CFR 30.272 · What are BIA's duties on payment by the tribe?
- 43 CFR 30.273 · What action will the judge take to record title?
- 43 CFR 30.274 · What happens to income from land interests during pendency of the probate?
- 43 CFR 30.400 · What may be purchased at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.401 · Who may purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.402 · Does property purchased at probate remain in trust or restricted status?
- 43 CFR 30.403 · Is consent required for a purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.404 · How do I initiate a purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.405 · When may I initiate a purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.406 · May I withdraw my request to purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.407 · How will OHA address requests to purchase at probate?
- 43 CFR 30.408 · What will OHA include in the probate decision or reconsideration order when a purchase at probate request is pending?
- 43 CFR 30.409 · How will a pending purchase at probate request affect how the decedent's property is distributed?
- 43 CFR 30.410 · How will the purchase at probate process continue after the decision or reconsideration order is issued?
- 43 CFR 30.411 · How will the interests to be purchased at probate be valued?
- 43 CFR 30.412 · What will OHA do when it receives BIA's notification that an appraisal/valuation has been completed?
- 43 CFR 30.413 · Who are potential bidders?
- 43 CFR 30.414 · What will be contained in the Order to Submit Bids?
- 43 CFR 30.415 · What may I do if I do not agree with the determination of fair market value in the Order to Submit Bids?