Title 7. Probate Rules

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• Drafter's Notes 2000
• Rule 7.1. Preliminary Provisions
• Rule 7.2. Definitions; Construction of Terms
• Rule 7.3. Waiver of Rules In Probate Proceedings

Chapter 2. Notices, Publication, and Service

• Rule 7.50. Description of Pleading In Notice of Hearing
• Rule 7.51. Service of Notice of Hearing
• Rule 7.52. Service of Notice When Recipient's Address Unknown
• Rule 7.53. Notice of Hearing of Amended Or Supplemented Pleadings
• Rule 7.54. Publication of Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
• Rule 7.55. Ex Parte Application For Order

Chapter 3. Pleadings

• Rule 7.101. Use of Judicial Council Forms
• Rule 7.102. Titles For Pleadings and Orders
• Rule 7.103. Signature and Verification of Pleadings
• Rule 7.104. Execution and Verification of Amended Pleadings, Amendments to Pleadings, and Supplements to Pleadings; Use of Judicial Council Forms

Chapter 4. Appointment of Executors and Administrators

• Rule 7.150. Acknowledgment of Receipt of Statement of Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative
• Rule 7.151. Reimbursement of Graduated Filing Fee By Successful Subsequent Petitioner

Chapter 5. Bonding of Personal Representatives, Guardians, Conservators, and Trustees

• Rule 7.201. Waiver of Bond In Will
• Rule 7.202. Two Or More Personal Representatives
• Rule 7.203. Separate Bonds For Individuals
• Rule 7.204. Duty to Apply For Order to Increase Bond
• Rule 7.205. Independent Power to Sell Real Property
• Rule 7.206. Bond Upon Sale of Real Property

Chapter 6. Independent Administration of Estates

• Rule 7.250. Report of Actions Taken Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act

Chapter 7. Spousal Property Petitions

• Rule 7.301. Spousal Property Petition Filed With Petition For Probate

Chapter 8. Petitions For Instructions [reserved]

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Chapter 9. Creditors' Claims

• Rule 7.401. Personal Representative's Action On the Claim
• Rule 7.402. Court's Action On the Claim
• Rule 7.403. Listing All Claims In the Final Report

Chapter 10. Sales of Real and Personal Property

• Rule 7.451. Refusal to Show Property to Prospective Buyers
• Rule 7.452. Petitioner Or Attorney Required At Hearing
• Rule 7.453. Petition For Exclusive Listing
• Rule 7.454. Ex Parte Application For Order Authorizing Sale of Securities Or Other Personal Property

Chapter 11. Inventory and Appraisal

• Rule 7.501. Inventory and Appraisal to Show Sufficiency of Bond

Chapter 12. Accounts and Reports of Executors and Administrators

• Rule 7.550. Effect of Waiver of Account
• Rule 7.551. Final Accounts Or Reports In Estates With Nonresident Beneficiaries
• Rule 7.552. Graduated Filing Fee Adjustments

Chapter 13. Taxes [reserved]

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Chapter 14. Preliminary and Final Distributions

• Rule 7.650. Decree of Distribution Establishing Testamentary Trusts
• Rule 7.651. Description of Property In Petition For Distribution
• Rule 7.652. Allegations In Petition For Distribution Concerning Character of Property

Chapter 15. Compensation of Personal Representatives and Attorneys

• Rule 7.700. Compensation Paid In Advance
• Rule 7.701. Allowance On Account of Statutory Compensation
• Rule 7.702. Petition For Extraordinary Compensation
• Rule 7.703. Extraordinary Compensation
• Rule 7.704. Apportionment of Statutory Compensation
• Rule 7.705. Calculation of Statutory Compensation
• Rule 7.706. Compensation When Personal Representative Is an Attorney
• Rule 7.707. Application of Compensation Provisions

Chapter 16. Compensation In All Matters Other Than Decedents' Estates

• Rule 7.750. Application of Rules to Guardianships and Conservatorships
• Rule 7.751. Petitions For Orders Allowing Compensation For Guardians Or Conservators and Their Attorneys
• Rule 7.752. Court May Order Accounting Before Allowing Compensation
• Rule 7.753. Contingency Fee Agreements In Guardianships and Conservatorships
• Rule 7.754. Use of Paralegals In the Performance of Legal Services For the Guardian Or Conservator
• Rule 7.755. Advance Payments and Periodic Payments to Guardians, Conservators, and to Their Attorneys On Account For Future Services
• Rule 7.756. Compensation of Trustees

Chapter 17. Contested Hearings and Trials

• Rule 7.801. Objections and Responses

Chapter 18. Discovery [reserved]

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Chapter 19. Trusts

• Rule 7.901. Trustee's Accounts
• Rule 7.902. Beneficiaries to Be Listed In Petitions and Accounts

Chapter 20. Minors' Claims

• Rule 7.950. Petition For the Approval of the Compromise of a Claim
• Rule 7.951. Disclosure of the Attorney's Interest In a Petition to Compromise a Claim
• Rule 7.952. Attendance At Hearing On the Petition to Compromise a Claim
• Rule 7.953. Order For the Deposit of Funds of a Minor Or an Incompetent Person
• Rule 7.954. Petition For the Withdrawal of Funds Deposited For a Minor Or an Incompetent Person
• Rule 7.955. Attorney Fees For Services to Minors and Incompetent Persons

Chapter 21. Guardianships

• Rule 7.1001. Guardian Screening Form
• Rule 7.1002. Acknowledgment of Receipt of Duties of Guardian
• Rule 7.1003. Confidential Guardianship Status Report Form
• Rule 7.1004. Termination of Guardianship
• Rule 7.1005. Service of Copy of Final Account Or Report After Resignation Or Removal of Guardian
• Rule 7.1006. Service of Copy of Final Account On Termination of Guardianship
• Rule 7.1007. Settlement of Accounts and Release By Former Minor

Chapter 22. Conservatorships

• Rule 7.1050. Conservator Forms
• Rule 7.1051. Acknowledgment of Receipt of Duties of Conservator
• Rule 7.1052. Termination of Conservatorship
• Rule 7.1053. Service of Final Account of Removed Or Resigned Conservator
• Rule 7.1054. Service of Final Account After Termination of Conservatorship

Chapter 23. Alternative Dispute Resolution [reserved]

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Chapter 24. Miscellaneous [reserved]

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