If an application for informal appointment indicates the existence of a possible unrevoked testamentary instrument which may relate to property subject to the laws of New Mexico, and which is not filed for probate in the probate or the district court, the probate or the district court shall decline the application; however, such declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude appointment in formal proceedings.
§ 45-3-311 NMSA 1978
Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases
Known as the Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act
The act spans §§ 45–45 (144 sections).
1953 Comp., § 32A-3-311, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-311; 1978, ch. 159, § 11.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.