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I Can’t Find the Original Will. What Can I Do?

20 September 2017 No Comment

A photocopy of a Last Will and Testament may be offered for probate. The Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act requires that the petitioner meet the following three burdens in order to have a photocopy of the Will admitted to probate: (i) the decedent did not revoke the Last Will and Testament being offered to the Court, (ii) the Last Will and Testament was properly executed in accordance with New York law, and (iii) at least two witnesses can demonstrate that the photocopy is complete. 

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