Section 16-3110 - Order admitting will to probate as conclusive evidence

Order admitting will to probate as conclusive evidence

With respect to the trial of issues in the Probate Court, including the taking and use of testimony of non-resident witnesses, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, unless otherwise provided by law, are applicable thereto. A final order or decree admitting a will to probate, unless and until it is reversed, is conclusive evidence of the validity of the will in a collateral proceeding in which the will is brought into question, and a transcript of the record of the will, and of the decree admitting it to probate, is sufficient proof thereof.

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(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 601, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Sept. 6, 1980, D.C. Law 3-85, § 5(c), 27 DCR 2900.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-3110.
1973 Ed., § 16-3111.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-85, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-3102.

Current through September 13, 2012