64.1-54 - Presumption of formal execution of wills made by persons in military service. - Virginia Statutes

§ 64.1-54. Presumption of formal execution of wills made by persons inmilitary service.

A testamentary paper executed before or after October 1, 1940 by a person inthe military service of the United States as defined by the Soldiers' andSailors' Relief Act of 1940, while in such service, purporting on its face tobe witnessed as required by § 64.1-49, upon proof of the signature of thetestator by any two disinterested witnesses, shall be presumed, in theabsence of evidence to the contrary, to have been executed in accordance withthe requirements of that section and shall be admitted to probate in likemanner and with like effect as if the formalities of execution were duly andregularly proved.

(Code 1950, § 64-56; 1968, c. 656.)