The New York State Senate

Section 1401

Proceeding to compel production of will Whenever it shall appear to the court, sua sponte, or by the petition of a person authorized unde...

Section 1402

Who may propound will; contents of petition; direction of court 1

Section 1403

Persons to be served; content of process 1

Section 1404

Witnesses to be examined; proof required 1

Section 1405

When court may dispense with testimony of witness 1

Section 1406

Proof of will by affidavit of attesting witness out of court 1

Section 1407

Proof of lost or destroyed will A lost or destroyed will may be admitted to probate only if 1

Section 1408

Probate not allowed unless court satisfied 1

Section 1409

Notice of probate 1

Section 1410

Who may file objections to probate of an alleged will Any person whose interest in property or in the estate of the testator would be adv...

Section 1411

Citation upon filing of objections 1

Section 1412

Preliminary letters testamentary 1

Section 1413

Revocation of letters upon proof of will Where temporary letters of administration, preliminary letters testamentary or letters of admini...

Section 1414

When letters testamentary may be issued 1

Section 1415

Supplementary letters, executors not named in letters not to act If the disability of an infant or an alien named as an executor in a wil...

Section 1416

Executor failing to qualify or renounce; how excluded 1

Section 1417

Renunciation by nominated executor; retraction thereof 1

Section 1418

Letters of administration with will annexed; when and to whom granted 1

Section 1419

Process; renunciation or exclusion of persons having prior or equal right Every eligible person having a right to letters of administrati...

Section 1420

Proceeding for construction of will; effect of decree 1

Section 1421

Election by surviving spouse 1

Section 1422

Record of wills; evidence A certified copy of the record of the decree admitting a will to probate and of the record of the will so admit...

Section 1423

Record of wills in former courts of probate; evidence The exemplification of the record of a will proved before the judge of the former c...

Section 1424

Foreign wills; evidence after lapse of time The exemplification of the record of a will which has been duly proved before a court or offi...