Statutes > Massachusetts Statutes > PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS > TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS > CHAPTER 190B MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE > ARTICLE III PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION > Section 3-405 Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof

Section 3-405 Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof

[Text of section added by 2008, 521, Sec. 9 effective July 1, 2011. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 3-405. [Formal Testacy Proceedings; Uncontested Cases; Hearings and Proof.]

If evidence concerning execution of the will is necessary, the affidavit or testimony of 1 of any attesting witnesses to the instrument is sufficient. If the affidavit or testimony of an attesting witness is not available, execution of the will may be proved by other evidence or affidavit.