Request for special notice: Filing by interested person after issuance of letters; filing by interested person in testamentary trust.
1. At any time after the issuance of letters in the estate of a decedent, an interested person or his attorney may serve upon the personal representative or his attorney, and file with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the estate is pending, a written request stating that he desires special notice and a copy of any further filings, steps or proceedings in the administration of the estate.
2. The request must state the post office address of the requester or his attorney, and thereafter a brief notice of the filing of any returns, petitions, accounts, reports or other proceedings, together with a copy of the filing, must be addressed to that person or his attorney, at his stated mailing address, and deposited with the United States Postal Service with the postage thereon prepaid, within 2 days after each is filed, or personal service of the notice may be made on the person or his attorney within the 2 days, and the personal service is equivalent to deposit in the post office, and proof of mailing or of personal service must be filed with the clerk before the hearing of the proceeding.
3. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the notice has been regularly given, the court shall so find in its order and the order is final and conclusive upon all persons.
4. An interested person in a testamentary trust or its property, or the attorney for that person, may serve upon the trustee or his attorney, and file with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the trust is pending, a written request stating that he desires notice of the filing of accounts and petitions in connection with the trust. The provisions of subsections 2 and 3 apply to such a request.
5. On the filing of an inventory or a inventory or a supplementary inventory, the personal representative shall mail a copy to each person who has requested special notice.
Last modified: February 25, 2006