136.100 - Petition for probate: Clerk to set for hearing; notice of hearing.

136.100  Petition for probate: Clerk to set for hearing; notice of hearing.

      1.  A petition for the probate of a will and for the issuance of letters must be signed by the party petitioning, or the attorney for the petitioner, and filed with the clerk of the court, who shall set the petition for hearing.

      2.  The petitioner shall give notice of the hearing for the period and in the manner provided in NRS 155.020 to the heirs of the testator and the devisees named in the will, to all persons named as personal representatives who are not petitioning and to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. The notice must be substantially in the form provided in that section.

      [11:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.11]—(NRS A 1975, 1767; 1995, 2571; 1999, 2264; 2003, 880)