2005 Minnesota Statutes - 524.3-406 — Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.

     524.3-406 Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; 
  testimony of attesting witnesses.  


    (a) If evidence concerning execution of an attested will 
 which is not self-proved is necessary in contested cases, the 
 testimony of at least one of the attesting witnesses, if within 
 the state competent and able to testify, is required.  Due 
 execution of a will may be proved by other evidence.  


    (b) If the will is self-proved, compliance with signature 
 requirements for execution is conclusively presumed and other 
 requirements of execution are presumed subject to rebuttal 
 without the testimony of any witness upon filing the will and 
 the acknowledgment and affidavits annexed or attached thereto, 
 unless there is proof of fraud or forgery affecting the 
 acknowledgment or affidavit.  


    HIST: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-406; 1975 c 347 s 40