§ 28-42-102 - Application for ancillary letters. - Arkansas Statutes

28-42-102. Application for ancillary letters.

(a) (1) A foreign personal representative, upon the filing of an authenticated copy of his or her domiciliary letters with the circuit court of the county of proper venue, may be issued letters in this state, notwithstanding that the personal representative is a nonresident of this state.

(2) A corporate foreign personal representative need not otherwise qualify as a corporation to do business under the general corporation laws of this state to authorize it to act as ancillary personal representative in the particular estate if it complies with the provisions of 28-42-104 and 28-42-105.

(b) Upon application by a foreign personal representative for the issuance of ancillary letters, preference shall be given to such an applicant, unless the court finds that the appointment will not be for the best interest of the estate. If the court so finds, the court may order the issuance of ancillary letters to any person eligible under the provisions of 28-48-101.

(c) An interested person may apply for issuance of ancillary letters to a qualified person other than the foreign personal representative. In that event, the applicant, in the manner directed or approved by the court, shall give notice of the application to the foreign personal representative, if the foreign personal representative's name and address are known, and to the court which appointed him or her, if the court is known. If, at the time of filing the application, the name and address of the foreign representative or the court which appointed him or her are not known, the notice shall be given as soon thereafter, either before or after the issuance of letters, as the facts pertaining thereto become known.