18-A §3-409. Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will - Maine Statutes

Title 18-A: PROBATE CODE

Article 3: PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION

Part 4: FORMAL TESTACY AND APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS

§3-409. Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will

After the time required for any notice has expired, upon proof of notice, and after any hearing that may be necessary, if the court finds that the testator is dead, venue is proper and that the proceeding was commenced within the limitation prescribed by section 3-108, it shall determine the decedent's domicile at death, his heirs and his state of testacy. Any will found to be valid and unrevoked shall be formally probated. Termination of any previous informal appointment of a personal representative, which may be appropriate in view of the relief requested and findings, is governed by section 3-612. The petition shall be dismissed or appropriate amendment allowed if the court is not satisfied that the alleged decedent is dead. A will from a foreign jurisdiction, including a place which does not require probate of a will after death, may be proved for probate in this State by a duly authenticated certificate of its legal custodian that the copy introduced is a true copy and that the will has been probated in the foreign jurisdiction or has otherwise become effective under the law of the other place. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).