§560:3-409  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 560:3-108,
it shall determine the decedent's domicile at death, the decedent's heirs and
the decedent's 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 560:3-612.  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 place which does not provide
for 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 become effective under the law of the
other place. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]



 



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  Proof of official record, see HPR rule 15.