75-3-405 - Formal testacy proceedings -- Uncontested cases -- Hearings and proof.
75-3-405. Formal testacy proceedings -- Uncontested cases -- Hearings and proof.
If a petition in a testacy proceeding is unopposed, the court may order probate or intestacyon the strength of the pleadings if satisfied that the conditions of Section 75-3-409 have been metor conduct a hearing in open court and require proof of the matters necessary to support the ordersought. If evidence concerning execution of the will is necessary, the affidavit or testimony of oneof any attesting witnesses to the instrument is sufficient. If the affidavit or testimony of anattesting witness is not available, execution of the will may be proved by other evidence oraffidavit.
Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session