6-10-90
Section 6-10-90 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Taxation of cost on exceptions being filed. If the exceptions are filed by the surviving spouse or on behalf of the minor child or children and are not sustained, the costs shall be taxed against the surviving spouse or the next friend of the child or children, or against both if they are joined in the exceptions, and in all other cases against the unsuccessful party. (Code 1886, §2558; Code 1896, §2088; Code 1907, §4215; Code 1923, §7938; Code 1940, T. 7, §681.)...
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6-10-86
Section 6-10-86 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Exceptions; notice of time set for hearing thereon. When any homestead or other exemption has been allotted or set apart by the appraisers or by commissioners, the personal representative, surviving spouse, minor child or children, or other person in interest feeling aggrieved may, within 30 days after the making of the report, file written exceptions thereto, stating the grounds of such exceptions. Thereupon the court must fix a day for the hearing of the exceptions, of which 10 days' notice must be given by personal service, if the adverse parties reside in the state or, if they reside out of the state, by publication in some newspaper published in the county. If the exceptions are filed by the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, such notice must be served on the personal representative, but if filed by the personal representative or other person, the notice must be served on the surviving spouse, if there...
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6-10-101
Section 6-10-101 Proceedings to set apart exemptions when administration not granted on decedent's estate within 60 days after death - Vesting of title to real property in surviving spouse and minors and right to possession thereof. If no exceptions are filed and sustained to such report of the commissioners setting apart the homestead exemption, the title to the real property so set aside shall vest in the surviving spouse and minors, share and share alike, but only during the life of the surviving spouse and minority of the children. If all the real property left by the decedent in this state does not exceed in area and value the homestead allowed by law as exempt, title to all such real property shall vest absolutely in the surviving spouse, the children (minors and adults) and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there is no surviving spouse, in the children and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there are no children or descendants of deceased children, in the...
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6-10-100
Section 6-10-100 Proceedings to set apart exemptions when administration not granted on decedent's estate within 60 days after death - Generally. (a) When the property, real or personal, owned by a decedent at the time of his death does not exceed in amount and value the exemption allowed in favor of his or her surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, and no administration is granted on his estate within 60 days after his death, the probate court of the county in which he resided at the time of his death, upon the application of the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse or he or she does not act, upon the application of a suitable person who shall be appointed by the judge of probate as the next friend of such minor child or children, verified by oath and setting forth such facts, as well as the names, condition, and residence, if known, of the heirs of the decedent other than the minor children of the decedent, must appoint two commissioners, who shall...
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6-10-106
Section 6-10-106 Proceedings to set aside exemptions when husband, wife, or parent absent seven years and residence not ascertainable - Generally. (a) When the real and personal property owned by an absent husband, wife, or parent who has not been heard from and whose residence has been unknown for seven years and whose residence cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry does not exceed in amount and value the exemptions allowed in favor of his or her surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, the probate court of the county in which he or she resided before leaving his or her spouse or children, upon the application of the deserted spouse or, if there is no spouse or he or she does not act, upon the application of the guardian or of a suitable person who shall be appointed by the judge of probate as next friend of such minor children, verified by oath and setting forth such facts, must appoint two commissioners, who shall make a full and complete inventory and...
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6-10-107
Section 6-10-107 Proceedings to set aside exemptions when husband, wife or parent absent seven years and residence not ascertainable - Vesting for life of title to property in deserted spouse or minors. If no exceptions are filed and sustained to such report of the commissioners setting apart exemptions and it is determined that the property set apart was all the property owned by the absentee spouse at the time he or she left and that he or she left less property than was exempt to a surviving spouse and minor children of decedents, the title to the property so set aside, whether real or personal, shall vest for the life of the deserted spouse or the minority of the children, whichever may last terminate. (Acts 1923, No. 368, p. 388; Code 1923, §7959; Code 1940, T. 7, §705; Acts 1951, No. 911, p. 1558, §1.)...
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6-10-85
Section 6-10-85 How exemption in lieu of homestead claimed and set apart. When an exemption of real estate in lieu of homestead is claimed under Section 6-10-61, a petition in writing, duly verified by oath, must be filed by, or on behalf of, the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, as the case may be, in the probate court having jurisdiction of the administration of the estate, setting forth the facts authorizing such exemption, describing the real estate out of which the exemption is claimed and stating its value. Thereupon the court shall appoint three commissioners who shall set off and allot the same by metes and bounds; and, within 10 days thereafter, they shall make a written report to the court of the exemption set off and allotted by them. (Code 1886, §2553; Code 1896, §2083; Code 1907, §4210; Code 1923, §7932; Code 1940, T. 7, §675.)...
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6-10-97
Section 6-10-97 Reduced homestead incapable of allotment - Sale - Proceedings when no bid in excess of $6,000 received. (a) If, at such sale or any subsequent sale, no bid in excess of $6,000 is received, the representative must report that fact to the court; and thereupon the court must make an order directing the report to lie over 30 days, during which time any person interested in the sale may file written exceptions attacking the fairness of the sale, stating the grounds of such exceptions. Upon the filing of such exceptions, a day must be appointed to hear the same, 10 days' notice thereof given and other proceedings had as provided in this division for the hearing of exceptions to a report allotting homestead, so far as such provisions are applicable. (b) If, on the hearing of such exceptions, the court is satisfied from the evidence that the failure to obtain a bid of more than $6,000 was due to a want of fairness in the conduct of the sale or to fraud or collusion thereat, an...
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6-10-38
Section 6-10-38 Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when homestead found to exceed value or area allowed. (a) If, on the trial of a contest of a claim of homestead exemption, it is found that the homestead as claimed exceeds $5,000 in value (or if a husband and wife have both claimed the exemption to which each is entitled, $10,000), or 160 acres in area, the court shall forthwith issue an order to the sheriff, returnable in 30 days thereafter, commanding him to summon three disinterested householders or freeholders of the county in which the homestead is situated, who, after having been sworn by the sheriff or some officer authorized to administer oaths to faithfully discharge their duty, shall, if practicable, set off and allot, by metes and bounds, the homestead exempt to the defendant from levy and sale under process, having regard both to the quality and value of the real estate and to the selection of the defendant and taking land most contiguous to the dwelling, and...
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6-10-87
Section 6-10-87 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Notice to next of kin of decedent of date set for hearing of report on exemptions. In all cases where exemptions of real or personal property have been reported by appraisers or commissioners to the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, it shall be the duty of the probate judge, immediately upon the filing of the report of such appraisers or commissioners, to give 10 days' notice thereof and of the day set for the hearing of said report to the next of kin of decedent, which date of hearing shall not be less than 30 days from the filing of said report. If any of said next of kin are nonresidents of the state, said notice shall be given by publication once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or, if none is published in the county, by posting such notice for said length of time at the courthouse door and three other public places in the county. (Code 1923, §7934; Code 1940,...
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