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When a decedent owns property in their home state and also Oklahoma (first foundational requirement) and there has been an estate or probate proceeding in the home state (second foundational requirement), the question become whether documents required under Oklahoma’s ancillary … more

Earlier in this series, we laid out a first foundational requirement and a second foundational requirement for an ancillary probate in Oklahoma.  The first dealt with whether a decedent owned property both in their home state and Oklahoma.  The second … more

If a decedent dies in any of the other 49 United States owning property in their home state but also owing property in Oklahoma (see prior blog posts here and here about common examples of multistate ownership that I see), … more

The first four blog posts in this series on ancillary probate dealt with various aspects of this first foundational issue: did the deceased die owning property in two more states? If so, an ancillary probate may be necessary.  If not, … more