59-2230. Admission of will probated elsewhere. - Kansas Statutes

59-2230

Chapter 59.--PROBATE CODE Article 22.--PROBATE PROCEDURE

      59-2230.   Admission of will probated elsewhere.(a) If, upon the hearing, it appears to the satisfaction of the court thatthe will of a resident or nonresident has been proved and admitted to probateoutside this stateand that it was executed according to the law of the place in which it wasmade, or in which the testator resided at the time ofits execution or of the testator's death or in conformity withthe laws of this state, it shall be admitted to probate with the same forceand effect as the original probate of a will.

      (b)   The amendments to this section on July 1, 1982, and on the effectivedate of this act are declarations of the meaning of this section as itexisted on June 30, 1982, and shall apply to any will, whether proved andadmitted to probate outside this state before or after July 1, 1982, orbefore or after the effective date of this act.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 180, § 206; L. 1982, ch. 235, § 4; L.1984, ch. 210, § 1; March 15.