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2019 Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 4 - Administration of Decedents' Estates
Chapter 40 - Probate and Grant of Administration
Subchapter 3 - Proving a Lost or Destroyed Will
§ 28-40-302. Proving Will
Universal Citation: AR Code § 28-40-302 (2019)
- No will of any testator shall be allowed to be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless:
(1) The provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by at least two (2) witnesses, a correct copy or draft being deemed equivalent to one (1) witness; and
(2) The will is:
(A) Proved to have been in existence at the time of the death of the testator; or
(B) Shown to have been fraudulently destroyed in the lifetime of the testator.
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