1. A. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall dispense with the regular estate proceedings prescribed by law and the court shall order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the petition for admission of the will, if any, to probate, the petition for summary administration, the final accounting, and the petition for determination of heirship, distribution and discharge. However, nothing in this section shall affect the lien upon any property for any estate or transfer tax which may be due upon the estate of the decedent.
2. B. Notice of the petition, notice to creditors, and notice of final accounting, determination of heirship, distribution and discharge shall be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper that is authorized by law to publish legal notices and that is published in the county where the petition is filed. If no newspaper authorized by law to publish legal notices is published in the county, the notice shall be posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall be the county courthouse. Notice to creditors and notice of hearing upon the petition for summary administration and the final accounting, determination of heirship, and distribution and discharge shall be combined into one notice, referred to as a "combined notice". The combined notice shall be mailed to creditors of the decedent as provided in Section 331 and 331.1 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The combined notice shall be mailed to all persons interested in the estate of the decedent at their respective last-known addresses not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall set forth a date by which the final account and petition for distribution will be filed. The date of the filing shall follow the presentment date by at least five (5) days and shall precede by at least twenty (20) days the hearing on the order allowing final accounting, determination of heirs, legatees and devisees, if any, distribution and discharge.

3. C. The combined notice shall set forth the following:

   1. 1. The name, address, and date of death of the decedent;
   2. 2. The name and address of the petitioner;
   3. 3. The total value of the estate of the decedent as set forth in the petition;
   4. 4. The time and place of the hearing;
   5. 5. That the person receiving the notice must file objections to the petition at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy to the petitioner or that person will be deemed to have waived any objections to the petition;
   6. 6. That if an objection is filed at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the court will determine at the hearing whether the will attached to the petition shall be admitted to probate, whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed; and
   7. 7. The claim of any creditor not shown in the petition will be barred unless the claim is presented to the personal representative on or before a date certain at least thirty (30) days following the filing of the combined notice.
4. D. The matter shall be set for hearing not less than forty-five (45) days following the first publication of notice to creditors or combined notice.
5. E. If there is a defect in notice or in the form of the petition or if objections are filed, or for other good cause shown, the hearing may be postponed to a date certain.

Laws 1998, HB 2141, c. 359, § 2, eff. November 1, 1998.