WILLS

Contests, attorney's fees, 879.37

  Costs, 879.35

  Settlement between claimants, 879.59

Contractual, 853.13

Conveyances contrary to, 786.14

Copy sent to all persons interested, exception, 856.11

Custodian's duty and liability, 856.05 (1)

Death of legatee, rights of issue, 853.27

Declaratory judgment for construction, 806.04

Delivery to court, 856.05

Deposit with circuit court, 853.09

Disclaimer of transfers by, 853.40

Discovery proceedings, 879.61

Distribution of assets, abatement, 863.11 (2)

  Valuation, 863.19

Domiciliary letters, persons entitled to, 856.21

Effective date, probate law, 851.001

Equitable election if will attempts to dispose of property belonging to beneficiary, 853.15

Escheats, no known heirs, 852.01 (3)

Execution, 853.03

Exoneration of encumbered property, 863.13

Foreign:

  Certificate of assignment, 868.05

  Execution by nonresidents within this state, 853.05

  Execution outside state, 853.05

  Original probate, 868.01 (5)

  Probate, uniform act, 868.01

  Recording, 868.05

Foreign trust company as executor or trustee, 223.12

Fractional shares, value used in distribution, 863.16

Future interests, transferability, 700.07

Legacy, lapse, provision against, 853.27

  Legatee defined, 990.01 (19)

  Unclaimed, disposition, 863.39

Living issue omitted by mistake, 853.25 (2)

Living trusts, transfers to, 701.08

Living will, see Natural Death

Lost, how proved, 856.17

Non-ademption of specific gifts, 853.35

Nonprobate transfers on death, 705.20 to 705.30

Order admitting, 856.19

Powers, intent to exercise, 702.03 (2)

Presumption that instrument passes all of testator's interest in property, 853.31

Probate:

  Foreign wills, uniform act, 868.01

  Informally admitted, 856.13

  Necessary to pass estate, 856.13

  Notice of, 856.11

  Domiciliary of a foreign country, 879.03 (3)

  How given, 879.03, 879.05

  Proof of service, 879.07

  To foreign consul or attorney general, 879.03 (3)

  Waiver, 879.09

  Petition for, 879.01

Proof, if lost or destroyed, 856.17

  If not contested, 856.15

  Necessary to pass estate, 856.13

Provision, restriction on personal representative's power to sell, mortgage or lease, effect, 860.11

Recitals, prima facie evidence, 889.19

Revocation, 853.11

Safekeeping, in court for, 856.03

Specific bequests preferred to residuary, 777.21

Surviving spouse, right in nondomiciliary decedent's real property in this state, 861.20

Testamentary guardian, nomination, 880.09 (5)

Testamentary trustees, transfers to, 701.09

Testamentary trusts, 701.16

Valuation in distribution of assets, 863.19

When proved after letters issued, 857.19

Who may make, 853.01

Witnesses, 853.07

  Rights and liabilities, 777.41