2006 Kansas Code - 59-618a

      59-618a.   Filing of certain wills in court; affidavit; admission to probate. (a) Any person possessing a decedent's will may file in the district court of the county of the decedent's last residence the decedent's will and an affidavit which complies with subsection (b) if the decedent's estate contains no real property and the value of the decedent's estate is less than the total of all demands enumerated in K.S.A. 59-1301 and amendments thereto.

      (b)   An affidavit filed pursuant to this section shall state: (1) The name, residence address and date and place of death of the decedent; (2) the names, addresses and relationships of all the decedent's heirs, legatees and devisees which are known to the affiant after a diligent search and inquiry; (3) the name and address of any trustee of any trust established under the will; (4) the property left by the decedent and its approximate valuation; (5) the approximate amount and nature of any demands enumerated in K.S.A. 59-1301 and amendments thereto which were outstanding against the decedent's estate upon the decedent's death; (6) that the will is being filed with the district court for the purpose of preserving it for record in the event that probate proceedings are later required; and (7) that a copy of the affidavit and will has been mailed to each heir, legatee and devisee named in the affidavit.

      (c)   Any will filed pursuant to this section within a period of six months after the death of the testator may be admitted to probate after such six-month period.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 196, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 147, § 12; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 10; L. 1996, ch. 234, § 14; July 1.