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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 29A UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
Chapter 03. Probate Of Wills And Administration
§29A-3-405 Formal testacy proceedings--Uncontested cases--Hearings and proof.
SD Codified L § 29A-3-405 (through 2011) What's This?
29A-3-405. Formal testacy proceedings--Uncontested cases--Hearings and proof. If a petition in a testacy proceeding is unopposed, the court may order probate or intestacy on the strength of the pleadings if satisfied that the conditions of § 29A-3-409 have been met, or conduct a hearing in open court and require proof of the matters necessary to support the order sought. If evidence concerning execution of the will is necessary, the affidavit or testimony of one of any attesting witnesses to the instrument, including an affidavit of self-proof executed in compliance with § 29A-2-504, is sufficient. If the affidavit or testimony of an attesting witness is not available, execution of the will may be proved by other evidence or affidavit.
Source: SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-405; SL 1995, ch 167, § 114.
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