Arkansas Code Title 28, Subtitle 1, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 28-1-101 - Title.
  This act may be cited as the "Probate Code".
• § 28-1-102 - Definitions.
  (a) As used in the Probate Code: (1) "Child" denotes a natural or adopted child, but does not include a grandchild or other more...
• § 28-1-103 - Effect of Code.
  (a) Effective Date. The Probate Code shall take effect on July 1, 1949, except that, when its application, or parts thereof, would not be...
• § 28-1-104 - Probate Proceedings.
  The circuit court shall have jurisdiction over: (1) The administration, settlement, and distribution of estates of decedents; (2) The probate of wills; (3) The...
• § 28-1-105 - [Repealed.]
• § 28-1-106 - Referees and Probate Clerks.
  (a) Circuit courts shall have the authority to appoint referees in probate in the respective counties in the manner and with the powers and...
• § 28-1-107 - [Repealed.]
• § 28-1-108 - Records.
  The following records of the court shall be maintained: (1) An index in which files pertaining to estates of deceased persons shall be indexed...
• § 28-1-109 - Petition -- Verification.
  (a) Unless otherwise provided, every application to the court shall be by petition signed and verified by or on behalf of the petitioner.(b) This...
• § 28-1-110 - Filing Objections to Petition.
  (a) On or before the day set for hearing, an interested person may file written objections to a petition previously filed.(b) Upon special order...
• § 28-1-111 - Guardians and Attorneys Ad Litem.
  (a) Circuit courts shall have the power and duty to appoint a guardian ad litem to a proceeding to represent an incompetent party who...
• § 28-1-112 - Notice -- Service -- Proof -- Costs.
  (a) When Notice to Be Given. Notice to interested persons need be given only when and as specifically provided for in the Probate Code...
• § 28-1-113 - Waiver of Notice.
  (a) A person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court in any hearing shall be deemed to have waived notice.(b) A waiver in...
• § 28-1-114 - [Repealed.]
• § 28-1-115 - Vacation and Modification of Orders.
  (a) For good cause and at any time within the period allowed for appeal after the final termination of the administration of the estate...
• § 28-1-116 - Appeals.
  (a) Appeal Permitted. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person aggrieved by an order of the circuit court in probate...
• § 28-1-117 - Use of Certified Mail Permitted.
  Anything permitted or required by the Probate Code to be served or transmitted by registered mail may be served or transmitted either by registered...
• § 28-1-118 - Deceased Viable Fetus.
  (a) For purposes of the Probate Code, a "deceased viable fetus" is considered a person and decedent so that the probate division of circuit...
• § 28-1-119 - Access to Decedent's Autopsy Records.
  (a) As used in this section, "healthcare provider" means a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the law of...

Last modified: November 15, 2016