Arkansas Code Title 28, Subtitle 4, Chapter 53, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 28-53-101 - Determination of Heirship.
  (a) Right to Bring Proceedings. Whenever a person has died leaving in this state property or an interest therein, a person claiming an interest...
• § 28-53-102 - Partial Distribution.
  (a) Delivery of Specific Property to Distributee Before Final Order. (1) Upon petition of the personal representative or of any distributee, with or without...
• § 28-53-103 - Order of Final Distribution -- Notice and Hearing.
  (a) Upon the filing of a final account of a personal representative praying for an order of final distribution or for approval of final...
• § 28-53-104 - Order of Final Distribution -- Contents.
  (a) The order authorizing, directing, or approving a final distribution shall state that: (1) Not less than sixty (60) days have elapsed from the...
• § 28-53-105 - Order of Final Distribution -- Conclusiveness.
  (a) The order of final distribution shall be a conclusive determination as to the persons who are the successors in interest to that part...
• § 28-53-106 - Account Not Approved.
  If the final account is not approved, the court shall enter an order specifying wherein and the extent to which the account is not...
• § 28-53-107 - Abatement.
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shares of the distributees shall abate for the payment of claims, legacies, the family...
• § 28-53-108 - Contribution.
  (a) When real or personal property which has been specifically devised or charged with a legacy shall be sold or taken by the personal...
• § 28-53-109 - Determination of Advancements.
  (a) All questions of advancements made or alleged to have been made by an intestate to any heir may be heard and determined by...
• § 28-53-110 - Improper Distributions.
  (a) Unless the distribution or payment no longer can be questioned because of adjudication, estoppel, or limitations, a distributee of property improperly distributed or...
• § 28-53-111 - Setoffs.
  When a distributee of an estate is indebted to the estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the present worth of the...
• § 28-53-112 - Interest -- Income and Increment.
  (a) Interest. Unless a contrary intent is indicated by will, if the estate is solvent, general legacies shall bear interest at the rate of...
• § 28-53-113 - Exoneration of Encumbered Property.
  As between the distributees, secured debts shall be discharged out of the general assets of the estate, subject to the right of a decedent...
• § 28-53-114 - Distribution in Kind.
  (a) When the estate is otherwise ready to be distributed, it may be distributed in kind, unless the terms of the will provide otherwise...
• § 28-53-115 - Partition.
  (a) When two (2) or more distributees are entitled to distribution of undivided interests in any personal property of the estate, distribution shall be...
• § 28-53-116 - Missing or Unavailable Distributees.
  (a) (1) If, upon the filing of a petition for an order of final distribution, it appears that any distributee of the estate cannot...
• § 28-53-117 - Escheats.
  No part of the present law of escheats shall be repealed by the Probate Code.
• § 28-53-118 - Discharge of Personal Representative.
  (a) (1) Upon the filing of evidence satisfactory to the court that distribution has been made as directed in the order of final distribution,...
• § 28-53-119 - Reopening Administration.
  (a) (1) If, after an estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged, other property of the estate is discovered, or if it...

Last modified: November 15, 2016