Title 30.1, Uniform Probate Code

A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

1. Unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will, the distributable assets of a decedent's estate shall be distributed in kind to the extent possible through application of the following provisions: a. A specific devisee is entitled to distribution of the thing devised, an…

If distribution in kind is made, the personal representative shall execute an instrument or deed of distribution assigning, transferring, or releasing the assets to the distributee as evidence of the distributee's title to the property.

If a deed of distribution contains an error in its description of the property distributed or its ownership, the distributee may petition a court of proper jurisdiction to issue an ex parte order allowing an amendment of the deed of distribution to correct the error.

Proof that a distributee has received an instrument or deed of distribution of assets in kind, or payment in distribution, from a personal representative, is conclusive evidence that the distributee has succeeded to the interest of the estate in the distributed assets, as against…

Unless the distribution or payment no longer can be questioned because of adjudication, estoppel, or limitation, a distributee of property improperly distributed or paid, or a claimant who was improperly paid, is liable to return the property improperly received and its income si…

If property distributed in kind or a security interest therein is acquired for value by a purchaser from or lender to a distributee who has received an instrument or deed of distribution from the personal representative, or is so acquired by a purchaser from or lender to a transf…

When two or more heirs or devisees are entitled to distribution of undivided interests in any real or personal property of the estate, the personal representative or one or more of the heirs or devisees may petition the district court prior to the formal or informal closing of th…

Subject to the rights of creditors and taxing authorities, competent successors may agree among themselves to alter the interests, shares, or amounts to which they are entitled under the will of the decedent, or under the laws of intestacy, in any way that they provide in a writt…

1. Before distributing to a trustee, the personal representative may require that the trust be registered if the state in which it is to be administered provides for registration and that the trustee inform the beneficiaries. 2. If the trust instrument does not excuse the trustee…

If an heir, devisee, or claimant cannot be found, the personal representative shall distribute the missing person's share to the missing person's conservator, if any, otherwise to the unclaimed property administrator under chapter 47-30.2.

1. A personal representative may discharge the personal representative's obligation to distribute to any person under legal disability by distributing in a manner expressly provided in the will. 2. Unless contrary to an express provision in the will, the personal representative m…

1. For purposes of this section: a. "Estate" means the gross estate of a decedent as determined for the purpose of federal estate tax and the estate tax payable to this state. b. "Fiduciary" means personal representative or trustee. c. "Person" means any individual, partnership, …