[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: 25CFR15.4]

[Page 66]
 
                            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 A_Introduction
 
Sec. 15.4  How does the probate process work?

    The basic steps of the probate process are:
    (a) We find out about a person's death (see subpart B of this part 
for details);
    (b) We prepare a probate package that includes documents you send us 
(see subpart C of this part for details);
    (c) We refer the completed probate package to OHA for assignment to 
a deciding official (see subpart D of this part for details); and
    (d) The deciding official decides how to distribute the property 
and/or funds deposited in an IIM account and we make the distribution 
(see subpart D of this part for details).