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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-26-101

Construction of will

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Dunklin v. Ramsay (1997)

Most recently applied in Dunklin v. Ramsay (April 1997)

Acts 1949, No. 140, § 32; A.S.A. 1947, § 60-416.

(1) The court in which a will is probated or to which the administration proceeding may have been transferred shall have jurisdiction to construe it at any time during the administration.

(2) The construction may be made on the petition of the personal representative or of any other person interested in the will, or if a construction of the will is necessary to the determination of an issue properly before the court, the court may construe the will in connection with the determination of the issue.

(3) When a petition for the construction of a will is filed, notice of the hearing shall be given to persons interested in the construction of the will.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.