IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OSAGE COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of )
) Case No. PB-2023-73
HENRY BEN HARRISON, Deceased )
ORDER APPROVING FINAL ACCOUNTING AND DECREE DISTRIBUTING
THE ESTATE AND DISCHARGING PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
This matter comes on for hearing this 27th day of November, 2023, pursuant to a sworn-to Final Accounting and Application for Decree Distributing the Estate and Discharging Personal Representative filed with this Court by Raymond W. Redcorn, Personal Representative of the Decedent’s Estate, on the 27th day of October, 2023, and the Court proceeded to examine the Personal Representative’s Final Accounting and Application, and after inquiry of the attorney for the Personal Representative, examination of the pleadings on file herein, and there being no objections, the Court finds, adjudges and decrees:
1. That due and legal notice of the time and place of this hearing on the Final Accounting and Application for Decree Distributing the Estate and Discharging Personal Representative filed herein on the 27th day of October, 2023 has been given in the manner, form and for the full time as required by law and the Order of this Court.
2. Henry Ben Harrison died on the 13th day of May, 2023, while a resident of Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma. The Decedent died leaving certain Osage headright interests. The Decedent died an unmarried person, and the name, age, and last known address of the sole heir of the Decedent at the time of his death is:
NAME / RELATIONSHIP / AGE / ADDRESSES
Anne Marie Tahkeal / Surviving Daughter (Adult Osage) / [ REDACTED ]
3. That if the last will were offered for probate to this Court, the names, ages, and last known addresses of the devisees and legatees (vested or potential) of the Decedent at the time of his death are:
NAME / RELATIONSHIP / AGE / ADDRESSES
Anne Marie Tahkeal / Surviving Daughter (Adult) / [ REDACTED ]
Raymond W. Redcorn III / Surviving Legatee & Nominated Executor under the Last Will (Adult) / [ REDACTED ]
Raymond M. Redcorn / Conditional Surviving Legatee & Nominated Alternate Executor (Adult) / [ REDACTED ]
Samantha Harrison / Conditional Surviving Legatee, a Niece (Adult) / [ REDACTED ]
Mikel Harrison / Conditional Surviving Legatee, a Niece (Adult) / [ REDACTED ]
Grayhorse War Mothers / Charitable Organization if the Last Will were probated c/o Billie Ponca / [ REDACTED ]
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Inc. / Conditional Charitable Organization, if there were a residuary estate under a probated Last Will /
[ REDACTED ]
4. That on the 24th day of July, 2023, the Probate Court ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Letters of Administration be issued to Raymond W. Redcorn, as Personal Representative of said estate, to serve without bond, and the same were issued and filed with the Probate Court on the same date.
5. That a GENERAL INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT was filed herein on the 31st day of July, 2023.
6. That the Estate of Henry Ben Harrison, deceased, consists of property more properly described as follows: Osage Headright Interest and related cash on hand in IIM account.
7. That an Oklahoma estate tax return was not filed with the Oklahoma Tax Commission because the Decedent died on or after January 1, 2010. The Estate of Henry Ben Harrison was of insufficient size to require the filing of a Federal Estate Tax Return. All other federal, state, county, school and municipal taxes, including income taxes, have been paid, if owed, or are otherwise provided for.
8. That due and lawful notice to the creditors of Henry Ben Harrison has been given for the time and in the manner provided by law; that prior to giving the required notice, the Personal Representative made a diligent search and inquiry of the heirs-at-law and other interested parties in an effort to determine the identity and nature of any claim against the Estate of Henry Ben Harrison, that all claims of every kind and character, chargeable to the estate, if any, have been paid in full, satisfied and discharged from private funds (and not from estate funds); and that all other expenses and claims that were not presented are now barred by the statute of limitation in effect under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.
9. That the Estate of Henry Ben Harrison, deceased, is ready for closing:
a. All income has been properly received and expenses lawfully made,
b. The allowed and approved claims, if any, have been paid;
c. No objection has been made to this Application,;
d. All funeral expenses, taxes and costs of the administrator have been paid;
e. That all remaining interests of the Estate should be to all distributees according to the laws of intestate succession.
10. That all purposes of administration have been fully and faithfully fulfilled; that the Personal Representative has performed all acts and duties lawfully required, and the Estate of Henry Ben Harrison is now ready for closing and distribution.
11. That the Personal Representative has made no personal profit from the Estate of Henry Ben Harrison.
12. That the Personal Representative herein waives the statutory fee.
13. That pursuant to the Oklahoma laws of intestate succession, the Osage Headright Interest and related cash on hand in an IIM account, and distribution of the Decedent’s Estate should be distributed all to the sole surviving heir-at-law:
NAME / INTESTATE DISTRIBUTION
Anne Marie Tahkeal / 100% interest
14. That the Final Accounting and Application for Distributing the Estate and Discharging Personal Representative filed herein on the 27th day of October, 2023 is DULY APPROVED AND SUSTAINED.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, It is therefore Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed by the Court that due and legal notice of the time and place of this hearing on the Final Accounting and Application for Distributing the Estate and Discharging Personal Representative filed herein on the 27th day of October, 2023 has been given by Raymond W. Redcorn, the Personal Representative, in the manner, form and for the full time as required by law and the Order of this Court, and the Court so finds, adjudges and decrees.
It is FURTHER Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed by the Court that notice to creditors as required by law was given by the Personal Representative, and that all claims which were not lawfully submitted within the time permitted for the presentation of claims are hereby nonsuited, void and forever barred.
It is Further Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed by the Court that the Final Accounting filed on the 27th day of October, 2023, is approved without objection.
It is Further Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the Personal Representative should be entitled to receive his discharge without further hearing or notice upon filing final report to the court verifying that the entire estate has been distributed, and all other duties of his administration have been completed, and upon the filing of said final report he shall be automatically discharged and have no further duties or obligations with regard to the Decedent’s estate in all respects.
It is Further Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed by the Court that the Personal Representative should be and is hereby required and directed to distribute and deliver to all distributees, as hereinbefore set forth, their proper distributive share.
THE COURT FURTHER FINDS, upon representations of the Counsel for the Personal Representative, that the attorney’s fees, costs and expenses incurred on behalf of the Estate are being, or have been, paid from sources outside of the Estate and therefore the distributions of the estate will be made without any attorney’s lien attached thereto, and it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that all distributions of the Estate from this order will be free of any lien claims that might otherwise derive from such fees, costs and expenses.
DATED this 27th day of November, 2023.
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The Honorable STUART TATE
Judge of the District Court