California Probate Code ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Will

• Section 8250.
  (a) When a will is contested under Section 8004, the contestant shall file with the court an objection to probate of the will. Thereafter, a summons...
• Section 8251.
  (a) The petitioner and any other interested person may jointly or separately answer the objection or demur to the objection within the time prescribed in the...
• Section 8252.
  (a) At the trial, the proponents of the will have the burden of proof of due execution. The contestants of the will have the burden of...
• Section 8253.
  At the trial, each subscribing witness shall be produced and examined. If no subscribing witness is available as a witness within the meaning of Section...
• Section 8254.
  The court may make appropriate orders, including orders sustaining or denying objections, and shall render judgment either admitting the will to probate or rejecting it,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018