Section 524.2-501 — Who May Make A Will.
524.2-501 WHO MAY MAKE A WILL. Any person 18 or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will. History: 1975 c 347 s 22
Section 524.2-502 — Execution; Witnessed Wills.
524.2-502 EXECUTION; WITNESSED WILLS. Except as provided in sections 524.2-506 and 524.2-513, a will must be: (1) in writing; (2) signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other individual in the testator’s conscious presence and by the testator’s direction or signed by the testator’s conservator pursuant to a court order under […]
Section 524.2-503 — Harmless Error.
524.2-503 HARMLESS ERROR. (a) If a document or writing added upon a document was not executed in compliance with section 524.2-502, the document or writing is treated as if it had been executed in compliance with section 524.2-502 if the proponent of the document or writing establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent […]
Section 524.2-504 — Self-proved Will.
524.2-504 SELF-PROVED WILL. (a) A will may be contemporaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under official seal, in substantially […]
Section 524.2-505 — Who May Witness.
524.2-505 WHO MAY WITNESS. (a) An individual generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will. (b) The signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any provision of it. History: 1975 c 347 s 22; 1994 c 472 s 38
Section 524.2-506 — Choice Of Law As To Execution.
524.2-506 CHOICE OF LAW AS TO EXECUTION. A written will is valid if executed in compliance with section 524.2-502 or if its execution complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed, or of the law of the place where at the time of execution or at […]
Section 524.2-507 — Revocation By Writing Or By Act.
524.2-507 REVOCATION BY WRITING OR BY ACT. (a) A will or any part thereof is revoked: (1) by executing a subsequent will that revokes the previous will or part expressly or by inconsistency; or (2) by performing a revocatory act on the will, if the testator performed the act with the intent and for the […]
Section 524.2-508 — Revocation By Changes Of Circumstances.
524.2-508 REVOCATION BY CHANGES OF CIRCUMSTANCES. Except as provided in sections 524.2-803 and 524.2-804, a change of circumstances does not revoke a will or any part of it. History: 1975 c 347 s 22; 1994 c 472 s 40; 1995 c 130 s 12
Section 524.2-509 — Revival Of Revoked Will.
524.2-509 REVIVAL OF REVOKED WILL. (a) If a subsequent will that wholly revoked a previous will is thereafter revoked by a revocatory act under section 524.2-507, paragraph (a), clause (2), the previous will remains revoked unless it is revived. The previous will is revived if it is evident from the circumstances of the revocation of […]
Section 524.2-510 — Incorporation By Reference.
524.2-510 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. Any writing in existence when a will is executed may be incorporated by reference if the language of the will manifests this intent and describes the writing sufficiently to permit its identification. History: 1975 c 347 s 22
Section 524.2-511 — Testamentary Additions To Trusts.
524.2-511 TESTAMENTARY ADDITIONS TO TRUSTS. (a) A will may validly devise property to the trustee of a trust established or to be established (i) during the testator’s lifetime by the testator, by the testator and some other person, or by some other person, including a funded or unfunded life insurance trust, although the settlor has […]
Section 524.2-512 — Events Of Independent Significance.
524.2-512 EVENTS OF INDEPENDENT SIGNIFICANCE. A will may dispose of property by reference to acts and events that have significance apart from their effect upon the dispositions made by the will, whether they occur before or after the execution of the will or before or after the testator’s death. The execution or revocation of another […]
Section 524.2-513 — Separate Writing Identifying Bequest Of Tangible Property.
524.2-513 SEPARATE WRITING IDENTIFYING BEQUEST OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY. A will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money and coin collections, and property used in trade or business. To be admissible under this section as evidence […]
Section 524.2-514 — Contracts Concerning Succession.
524.2-514 CONTRACTS CONCERNING SUCCESSION. A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1976, may be established only by (i) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract, (ii) an express reference in a will to a […]
Section 524.2-515 — Deposit Of Will With Court In Testator’s Lifetime.
524.2-515 DEPOSIT OF WILL WITH COURT IN TESTATOR’S LIFETIME. A will may be deposited by the testator or the testator’s agent with any court for safekeeping, under rules of the court. The will must be sealed and kept confidential. During the testator’s lifetime, a deposited will must be delivered only to the testator or to […]
Section 524.2-516 — Duty Of Custodian Of Will; Liability.
524.2-516 DUTY OF CUSTODIAN OF WILL; LIABILITY. After the death of a testator and on request of an interested person, a person having custody of a will of the testator shall deliver it with reasonable promptness to an appropriate court. A person who willfully fails to deliver a will is liable to any person aggrieved […]
Section 524.2-517 — Penalty Clause For Contest.
524.2-517 PENALTY CLAUSE FOR CONTEST. A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings. History: 1994 c 472 s 47