§ 473.063 — Testimony to be recorded — record as evidence.

Missouri § 473.063

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XXXI: TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
• Ch. 473: Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates

Text

1.  All the testimony adduced in support of any will shall be reduced to writing, signed by the witnesses and certified by the clerk.

2.  The record of the testimony of any witness so certified is admissible in evidence in any action involving the validity of a will upon a showing that the subscribing witness is dead, mentally incapacitated or cannot be found.

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 §§ 537, 541, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 46, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 536, 540; 1919 §§ 524, 528; 1909 §§ 554, 558