Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will, the probate or the district court, upon making the findings required by Section 45-3-303 NMSA 1978, shall issue a written statement of informal probate if at least one hundred twenty hours have elapsed since the decedent's death. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. No defect in the application or procedure relating thereto which leads to informal probate of a will renders the probate void.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-302, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-302; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 37, § 7; 1978, ch. 159, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSOfficial comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 3-302 UPC.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Wills § 841.
Decree of court of domicile respecting validity or construction of will, or admitting it or denying its admission to probate, as conclusive as regards real estate in another state devised by will, 131 A.L.R. 1023.
95 C.J.S. Wills §§ 422, 574, 584.