If an application for informal appointment indicates the existence of a possible unrevoked testamentary instrument which may relate to property subject to the laws of New Mexico, and which is not filed for probate in the probate or the district court, the probate or the district court shall decline the application; however, such declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude appointment in formal proceedings.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-311, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-311; 1978, ch. 159, § 11.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 33 C.J.S. Executors and Administrators § 50.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 3 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 3 - INFORMAL PROBATE AND APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS
Section 45-3-301 - Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents.
Section 45-3-302 - Informal probate; duty of court; effect of informal probate.
Section 45-3-303 - Informal probate; proof and findings required.
Section 45-3-305 - Informal probate; court not satisfied.
Section 45-3-306 - Informal probate; notice requirements.
Section 45-3-308 - Informal appointment proceedings; proof and findings required.
Section 45-3-309 - Informal appointment proceedings; court not satisfied.
Section 45-3-310 - Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements.
Section 45-3-311 - Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases.