North Carolina § 28A-2A-10 - Manner of probate of nuncupative will.

§ 28A-2A-10. Manner of probate of nuncupative will.

No nuncupative will may be probated later than six months from the time it was made unless it was reduced to writing within 10 days after it was made. Before a nuncupative will may be probated Written notice must be given to the surviving spouse, if any, and to the next of kin, by the clerk of the court in which it is to be probated, notifying them that the will has been offered for probate and that they may, if they desire, oppose the probate thereof, or When the surviving spouse or next of kin are not known or when for any other reason such notice cannot be given, a notice to the same effect must be published not less than once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the will is offered for probate, or if no newspaper is published in the county, then in some newspaper having general circulation therein. A nuncupative will may be probated only in the following manner: Upon the testimony of at least two competent witnesses who establish the terms of such will and who state that they were simultaneously present at the making thereof, that the testator declared he was then making his will, and that they were then and there specially requested by him to bear witness thereto; and Upon the testimony of one competent witness, who may but need not be one of the witnesses referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection, that the will was made in the testator's last illness or while he was in imminent peril of death, and that he did not survive such sickness or imminent peril, but it is not necessary that all such facts be proved by the testimony of the same witness. History (1953, c. 1098, s. 12; 2011-344, s. 3.) Cross References. - As to requirements for valid nuncupative will, see G.S. 31-3.5 . Editor's Note. - This section was formerly G.S. 31-18.3. It was recodified as G.S. 28A-2A-10 by Session Laws 2011-344, s. 3, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date. Legal Periodicals. - For note on the problem of after-discovered wills, see 47 N.C.L. Rev. 723 (1969).