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Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Probate Jurisdiction of County Courts

III. Procedures Prior to Filing Claims … A. Duty of Court to Enter Order and Cause Notice to Be Published … B. Duty of Attorney for Estate … C. Mailing Copy of Notice

IV. Forms of Order, Notice, and Claim … A. In General … B. Order Barring Claims … C. Verification of Claims

V. Claims That Must Be Filed … A. General Definition … B. Decedent’s Obligations, Due or Past Due, for the Payment of Money … C. Funeral and Last Illness … D. Unmatured Debts … E. Tort Claims … F. Contingent Claims … G. Claims for Personal Services … H. Claims for Personal Taxes … I. Promises to Pay at Death

VI. Claims Which Need Not Be Filed … A. Specific Performance of Contracts to Devise or Bequeath … B. Debts Secured by Mortgage

VII. Extension and Limitation Provisions … A. Limitation by First Court Order … B. Extension of Time for Filing … C. Further Limitation Provisions

VIII. Executor’s Duties and Limitations of Authority … A. Must Plead Defense of Set-off … B. Cannot Waive Statute of Non-claim … C. Executor Has Burden of Proof of Defense of Payment

IX. Assets Subject to Claims … A. In General … B. Insurance Companies’ Obligation under Liability Policy Insuring the Decedent … C. Fraudulent Conveyances … D. Gifts Causa Mortis

X. Assets Not Subject to Claims … A. Life Insurance Payable to Beneficiary Other Than Estate … B. Personal Property Exempt from Execution … C. Homestead Interest … D. Jointly Held Property .. E. Recovery under Lord Campbell’s Act and Federal Employer’s Liability Act … F. Advancements … G. United States Savings Bonds and Bank Accounts

XI. Priorities

Paper delivered at the Institute on Probate Administration presented by the University of Nebraska College of Law and the Junior Bar Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association, September 18 and 19, 1959.

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