[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR15.301]

[Page 68-69]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 15_PROBATE OF INDIAN ESTATES, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIVE 
CIVILIZED TRIBES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D_Probate Processing and Distributions
 
Sec. 15.301  What happens after BIA prepares the probate package?


    (a) After we have assembled all the documents required by Sec. 
15.203, a probate specialist will refer the case to OHA for assignment 
to a deciding official.
    (b) At the same time the probate specialist refers the case to OHA, 
we will notify all interested parties of:
    (1) The right of the probable heirs or beneficiaries to request a 
formal hearing before an ALJ or Indian probate judge;
    (2) The identification of the probable legal heirs or the submission 
of an original or certified copy of a will or revocation and listed 
beneficiaries;
    (3) Any known claims against the estate; and
    (4) The address of the OHA office where the probate package has been 
sent.
    (c) We will send the notice described in paragraph (b) of this 
section by regular mail. It will inform the probable heirs or 
beneficiaries that:
    (1) They may ask OHA for an in-person hearing at a site convenient 
to most of the parties, a video conference or teleconference hearing (if 
available),

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or a decision based on documents in the probate package; and
    (2) If they do not request a formal hearing, the probate case may be 
assigned to an attorney decision maker, who will convene an in-person 
informal hearing at a site convenient to most of the parties.