Section 551:16 – Validity.
551:16 Validity. – No nuncupative will shall be valid where the personal estate bequeathed exceeds in value one hundred dollars, unless declared in the presence of three witnesses who were requested by the testator to bear witness thereto, in his last sickness and in his usual dwelling, except when he was taken sick from […]
Section 551:17 – Donatio Causa Mortis.
551:17 Donatio Causa Mortis. – No gift in expectation of death, often called donatio causa mortis, shall be valid, unless the actual delivery of the property to the donee shall be proved by two indifferent witnesses, upon petition of the donee to the judge to establish such gift, filed within sixty days after the […]
Section 551:18 – to 551:21 Repealed by 1977, 274:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.
551:18 to 551:21 Repealed by 1977, 274:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977. –
Section 551:22 – Enforcement of No-Contest Provision.
551:22 Enforcement of No-Contest Provision. – I. For the purposes of this section, a "no-contest provision" means a provision of a will that, if given effect, would reduce or eliminate the interest of any beneficiary of such will who, directly or indirectly, initiates or otherwise pursues: (a) Any action to contest the admission or […]
Section 551:12 – Heirs of Legatee.
551:12 Heirs of Legatee. – The heirs in the descending line of a legatee or devisee, deceased before the testator, shall take the estate bequeathed or devised, in the same manner the legatee or devisee would have taken it if he had survived. Source. RS 156:11. CS 165:11. GS 174:12. GL 193:12. PS 186:12. […]
Section 551:13 – Revocation.
551:13 Revocation. – I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no will or clause thereof shall be revoked unless by some other valid will or codicil, or by some writing executed in the same manner, or by canceling, tearing, obliterating or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person by the […]
Section 551:14 – Implied.
551:14 Implied. – The preceding section shall not control or affect any revocation of a will, implied by law, from any change in the circumstances of the testator, or his family, devisees, legatees or estate, occurring between the time of making the will and the death of the testator. Source. RS 156:14. CS 165:14. […]
Section 551:15 – Nuncupative Will.
551:15 Nuncupative Will. – A soldier in actual military service, or a mariner or seaman when at sea, may dispose of his movables and personal estate as he might heretofore have done. Source. RS 156:7. 1848, 726:1. CS 165:7, 16. GS 174:7. GL 193:7. PS 186:16. PL 297:15. RL 350:15.
Section 551:2-a – Self-Proved Wills.
551:2-a Self-Proved Wills. – I. To qualify as self-proved, the signatures of the testator and witnesses shall be followed by a sworn acknowledgment made before a notary public or justice of the peace or other official authorized to administer oaths in the place of execution, as follows: The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me […]
Section 551:3 – Interested Witness.
551:3 Interested Witness. – Any beneficial device or legacy made or given in a will to a subscribing witness thereto or to the wife or husband of such a witness shall be void unless there be 2 other subscribing witnesses, and such subscribing witness shall be a competent witness thereto; but a provision therein […]