Section 21-36-15 - Circuit court not to settle estate unless state has intervened

21-36-15. Circuit court not to settle estate unless state has intervened.The circuit court shall make no order in any manner disposing of or distributing the property belonging to an estate, except for the purpose of paying claims of creditors, unless the attorney general has instituted, or intervened in such probate proceedings, in which case settlement of the estate shall be completed, subject to the right of appeal by any interested party including the state. Source: SL 1909, ch 104, §5; RC 1919, §3053; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.4204; SL 1995, ch 167, §95.