524.1-301 TERRITORIAL APPLICATION. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter and chapter 525 apply to (1) the affairs and estates of decedents, missing persons, and persons to be protected, domiciled in this state, and (2) the property of nonresident decedents located in this state or property coming into the control of a fiduciary […]
524.1-302 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. (a) To the full extent permitted by the Constitution, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to estates of decedents, including construction of wills and determination of heirs and successors of decedents. (b) The court has full power to make orders, judgments and decrees and take all other action […]
524.1-303 VENUE; MULTIPLE PROCEEDINGS; TRANSFER. (a) Where a proceeding under this chapter could be maintained in more than one place in this state, the court in which the proceeding is first commenced has the exclusive right to proceed. (b) If proceedings concerning the same estate, protected person, conservatee, or ward are commenced in more than […]
524.1-304 MS 1974 [Repealed, 1975 c 347 s 144] 524.1-304 PRACTICE IN COURT. (a) Unless inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or chapter 525, pleadings, practice, procedure and forms in all probate proceedings shall be governed insofar as practicable by Rules of Civil Procedure provided for in section 484.81 and adopted pursuant thereto. (b) […]
524.1-306 JURY TRIAL. (a) If duly demanded, a party is entitled to trial by jury in any proceeding in which any controverted question of fact arises as to which any party has a constitutional right to trial by jury. (b) If there is no right to trial by jury under subsection (a) or the right […]
524.1-307 REGISTRAR; POWERS. The acts and orders which this chapter specifies as performable by the registrar shall be performed by a judge of the court or by a person, including the court administrator, designated by the court by a written order filed and recorded in the office of the court. In addition to acts specified […]
524.1-310 VERIFICATION OF FILED DOCUMENTS. Every document filed with the court under this chapter or chapter 525 shall be verified except where the requirement of verification is waived by rule and except in the case of a pleading signed by an attorney in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. Whenever a document is required […]
