§ 28-40-108 - Requests for notices. - Arkansas Statutes

28-40-108. Requests for notices.

(a) (1) If an interested person desires to be notified before a will is admitted to probate or before a general personal representative is appointed, he or she may file with the clerk a demand for notice.

(2) A demand for notice is not effective unless it contains a statement of the interest of the person filing it and his or her address or that of his or her attorney.

(3) After filing the demand, no will shall be admitted to probate and no personal representative shall be appointed, other than a special administrator, until the notice provided in 28-40-110 has been given.

(b) (1) At any time after the issuance of letters, any person interested in the estate may serve, in person or by attorney, upon the personal representative or upon his or her attorney and file with the clerk of the court where the proceeding is pending, with a written admission or proof of service, a written request stating that he or she desires written notice by ordinary mail of the time and place of all hearings on the settlement of accounts, on final distribution, and on any other matters for which any notice is required by law, by rule of court, or by an order in the particular case.

(2) The applicant for such a notice must include in his or her written request his or her post office address and that of his or her attorney, if any.

(3) Unless the court otherwise directs, after the request has been filed, the person shall be entitled to notice of all hearings for which any notice is required as aforesaid or of such hearings as he or she designates in his or her request.