75-3-106 - Scope of proceedings -- Proceedings independent -- Exception.
75-3-106. Scope of proceedings -- Proceedings independent -- Exception.
(1) Unless supervised administration as described in Part 5 of this chapter is involved:
(a) Each proceeding before the court or registrar is independent of any other proceedinginvolving the same estate.
(b) Petitions for formal orders of the court may combine various requests for relief in asingle proceeding if the orders sought may be finally granted without delay. Except as requiredfor proceedings which are particularly described by other sections of this chapter, no petition isdefective because it fails to embrace all matters which might then be the subject of a final order.
(c) Proceedings for probate of wills or adjudications of no will may be combined withproceedings for appointment of personal representatives.
(d) A proceeding for appointment of a personal representative is concluded by an ordermaking or declining the appointment.
Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session