Location Where Man Died Has Probate Jurisdiction, Split Oklahoma High Court Says

Mealey's (November 30, 2020, 1:36 PM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A 5-3 Oklahoma Supreme Court on Nov. 24 overturned a trial court’s ruling denying a daughter’s motion to transfer a probate proceeding to the county where her father died, finding that the state’s probate jurisdiction statute highly prioritizes the location where the decedent lived and died (Dorothy Fulks v. Tammy McPherson, No. 118314, Okla. Sup., 2020 Okla. LEXIS 102)....