Removal to Regular Probate Proceedings

Removal to Regular Probate Proceedings. In addition to the rights afforded in 8 CMC § 2506, any party claiming an interest in the war claims award as an heir, creditor, or otherwise, may file an objection with the court within 10 days of the transfer order, setting forth the grounds that entitled him or her to a share of the award, and requesting that the proceeding be removed from the war claim probate procedure and be placed in regular probate. The court shall, after notice to the petitioner, schedule the matter for hearing, and for good cause shown may order that the probate be removed from the special war claim probate procedure and henceforth be administered in accordance with the applicable probate laws and procedures of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Source: PL 6-9, § 5.