Section 72-3-502 - Priorities for appointmentWhether the proceedings are formal or informal, persons who are not disqualified have priority for appointment in the following order:
(1) the person with priority as determined by a probated will, including a person nominated by a power conferred in a will;(2) the surviving spouse of the decedent who is a devisee of the decedent;(3) the custodial parent of a minor decedent;(4) other devisees of the decedent;(5) the surviving spouse of the decedent;(6) the parent of an adult decedent who was survived by issue, none of whom is an adult;(7) other heirs of the decedent;(8) public administrator;(9) 45 days after the death of the decedent, any creditor.Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 313,Sec. 66, eff. 10/1/2019.En. 91A-3-203 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 223, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-203(1); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 219, L. 1989.