Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-254
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Trial and judgment - Rehearings
Official statutory text
Upon the date set for the hearing of said petition the district
court shall hear evidence offered, and shall render judgment
according to said evidence, as in other probate cases, and the court
shall determine the heirs of the said decedent as of the date of the
death of the said decedent. The judgment of the court shall be
final and conclusive on all persons appearing or who have been
personally served with summons, and shall be final as to all those
served by publication, unless any person so served by publication
may file in said district court, within twelve months from the
rendition of said judgment, a verified petition setting forth that
he or she did not have actual notice of the hearing in time to be
present at the hearing, and that he or she, in good faith, believes
himself to be an heir of the decedent and the facts on which such
belief is based, and in that event he shall be heard thereon. The
judge of the district court shall, upon the date of filing said
petition, set a date for the hearing of such petition and shall
cause all parties of record in said cause to be given reasonable
notice thereof of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Upon
such hearing the court shall determine the heirship of said decedent
and shall render a decision thereon in accord with the facts shown
on said hearings; such judgment so rendered shall vacate the
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original judgment and shall have the same force and effect as in the
original hearing thereon, and any party aggrieved may appeal as from
the judgment on the original hearing.
court shall hear evidence offered, and shall render judgment
according to said evidence, as in other probate cases, and the court
shall determine the heirs of the said decedent as of the date of the
death of the said decedent. The judgment of the court shall be
final and conclusive on all persons appearing or who have been
personally served with summons, and shall be final as to all those
served by publication, unless any person so served by publication
may file in said district court, within twelve months from the
rendition of said judgment, a verified petition setting forth that
he or she did not have actual notice of the hearing in time to be
present at the hearing, and that he or she, in good faith, believes
himself to be an heir of the decedent and the facts on which such
belief is based, and in that event he shall be heard thereon. The
judge of the district court shall, upon the date of filing said
petition, set a date for the hearing of such petition and shall
cause all parties of record in said cause to be given reasonable
notice thereof of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Upon
such hearing the court shall determine the heirship of said decedent
and shall render a decision thereon in accord with the facts shown
on said hearings; such judgment so rendered shall vacate the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 84. Wills and Succession Page 38
original judgment and shall have the same force and effect as in the
original hearing thereon, and any party aggrieved may appeal as from
the judgment on the original hearing.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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