Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-1: Probate jurisdiction and venue of district court

A. The district court has probate jurisdiction, and the judge

thereof power, which must be exercised in the cases and in the

manner prescribed by statute:

1. To open and receive proof of last wills and testaments, and

to admit them to proof and to revoke the probate thereof, and to

allow and record foreign wills;

2. To grant letters testamentary, of administration and of

guardianship, and to revoke the same;

3. To appoint appraisers of estates of deceased persons and of

minors and incapacitated persons;

4. To compel personal representatives and guardians to render

accounts;

5. To order the sale of property of estates, or belonging to

minors or to incapacitated persons;

6. To order the payments of debts from estates or

guardianships;

7. To order and regulate all distribution of property or

estates of deceased persons;

8. To compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of

title deeds, papers, and other property of an estate, or of a minor,

or incapacitated persons;

9. To exercise all the powers conferred by this chapter or by

other law;

10. To make such orders as may be necessary to the exercise of

the powers conferred upon it; and

11. To appoint and remove guardians for infants, and for

persons insane or who are otherwise incapacitated persons; to compel

payment and delivery by them of money or property belonging to their

wards, to control their conduct and settle their accounts.

B. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the

administration of any estate is granted jurisdiction and venue to

cause Oklahoma and federal estate taxes to be equitably apportioned

and collected.

C. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the

administration of any estate is granted unlimited concurrent

jurisdiction and venue to hear and determine:

1. In whom the title to any property is vested, whether the

property is real, personal, tangible, intangible, or any combination

thereof;

2. Rights with respect to such property as to all persons and

entities;

3. Whether or not such property is subject to the jurisdiction

of the court in the decedent's estate; and

4. Issues relating to trusts or issues involving a guardian or

ward that may arise.

D. For proceedings under subsection C of this section, service

of notice and process shall be required as in other cases and the

provisions of the Oklahoma Pleading Code, Section 2001 et seq. of

Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be followed.

R.L. 1910, § 6189. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 232, § 1; Laws 1963, c.

98, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1989, c. 276, § 1, eff. Nov.

1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 253, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c.

224, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 58, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2001.