25 C.F.R. § 15.301 What happens after BIA prepares the probate package?
Title 25 - Indians
(a) After we have assembled all the documents required by §15.203, a probate specialist will refer the case to OHA for assignment to a deciding official. (b) At the same time the probate specialist refers the case to OHA, we will notify all interested parties of: (1) The right of the probable heirs or beneficiaries to request a formal hearing before an ALJ or Indian probate judge; (2) The identification of the probable legal heirs or the submission of an original or certified copy of a will or revocation and listed beneficiaries; (3) Any known claims against the estate; and (4) The address of the OHA office where the probate package has been sent. (c) We will send the notice described in paragraph (b) of this section by regular mail. It will inform the probable heirs or beneficiaries that: (1) They may ask OHA for an in-person hearing at a site convenient to most of the parties, a video conference or teleconference hearing (if available), or a decision based on documents in the probate package; and (2) If they do not request a formal hearing, the probate case may be assigned to an attorney decision maker, who will convene an in-person informal hearing at a site convenient to most of the parties.
Title 25: Indians
PART 15—PROBATE OF INDIAN ESTATES, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES
Subpart D—Probate Processing and Distributions
§ 15.301 What happens after BIA prepares the probate package?
