(a) On the written request of an interested party, or on the basis of the judge's own order, at any time, a judge has the authority to reopen a probate case to:
- (1) Determine the correct identity of the original allottee, or any heir or devisee;
- (2) Determine whether different persons received the same allotment;
- (3) Decide whether trust patents covering allotments of land were issued incorrectly or to a non-existent person; or
- (4) Determine whether more than one allotment of land had been issued to the same person under different names and numbers or through other errors in identification.
- (b) The judge will notify interested parties if a probate case is reopened and will conduct appropriate proceedings under this part.
[73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008. Redesignated at 86 FR 72084, Dec. 20, 2021]