§603-21.6 Probate. The several circuit courts shall have power to:

(1) Grant probate of wills;

(2) Appoint personal representatives;

(3) Determine the heirs at law or devisees of deceased persons and to decree the distribution of decedents' estates;

(4) Appoint guardians for incapacitated adults;

(5) Appoint conservators;

(6) Compel personal representatives and such guardians and conservators to perform their respective trusts and to account in all respects for the discharge of their official duties;

(7) Remove any personal representative or any such guardian or conservator; and

(8) Do all other things as provided in chapter 560. [L 1972, c 88, §3(j); am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 161, §34]
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