§41-1-2. Who May Not Make Will
No person of unsound mind, or under the age of eighteen years, shall be capable of making a will.
§41-1-3. Must Be in Writing; Witnesses
No will shall be valid unless it be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, in such manner as to make it manifest that the name is intended as a signature; and moreover, unless it be wholly in the handwriting of the testator, […]
§41-1-4. Execution of Power of Appointment
No appointment made by will, in the exercise of any power, shall be valid unless the same be so executed that it would be valid for the disposition of the property to which the power applies, if it belonged to the testator; and every will so executed shall be a valid execution of a power […]
§41-1-5. Wills of Personal Estate by Soldiers, Sailors or Nonresidents
Notwithstanding the two preceding sections, a soldier being in actual military service, or a mariner or seaman being at sea, may dispose of his personal estate as he might heretofore have done; and the will of a person domiciled out of this state at the time of his death shall be valid as to his […]
§41-1-6. Revocation by Divorce; No Revocation by Other Changes of Circumstances
(a) If after executing a will the testator is divorced or his marriage annulled, the divorce or annulment revokes any disposition or appointment of property made by the will to the former spouse, any provision conferring a general or special power of appointment on the former spouse, and any nomination of the former spouse as […]
§41-1-7. Revocation Generally
No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked, unless under the preceding section, or by a subsequent will or codicil, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is required to be executed, or by the testator, or some person […]