Proving will
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 94 Ark. App. 12 - Abdin v. Abdin (2006)
Most recently applied in IN RE: ESTATE OF SCHEIDE, JR. (December 2020)
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No will of any testator shall be allowed to be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless:
(1) The provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by at least two (2) witnesses, a correct copy or draft being deemed equivalent to one (1) witness; and
(2) The will is: Proved to have been in existence at the time of the death of the testator; or
(3) Shown to have been fraudulently destroyed in the lifetime of the testator.
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.