TITLE 14

ESTATES OF DECEDENTS

CHAPTER 1

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS

14-119.  Effect of discovery of heir. In event any heir of a decedent shall be discovered prior to distribution of any estate probated as herein provided, nothing herein contained shall operate to invalidate any probate proceedings had prior to appearance of such heir in the probate proceeding, nor to prevent the completion of such probate proceedings by either public or private administration, as may be ordered by the court.

History:

[14-119, added 1945, ch. 113, sec. 3, p. 175; am. 1971, ch. 111, secs. 6, 22, p. 233.]