2011 Code of Virginia
Title 64.1 WILLS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES.
Chapter 3 Wills (64.1-45 thru 64.1-96.11)
64.1-54 Presumption of formal execution of wills made by persons in military service
64.1-54. Presumption of formal execution of wills made by persons in military service.
A testamentary paper executed before or after October 1, 1940 by a person in the military service of the United States as defined by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act of 1940, while in such service, purporting on its face to be witnessed as required by 64.1-49, upon proof of the signature of the testator by any two disinterested witnesses, shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been executed in accordance with the requirements of that section and shall be admitted to probate in like manner and with like effect as if the formalities of execution were duly and regularly proved.
(Code 1950, 64-56; 1968, c. 656.)
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