- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Article 2 Applicability, Jurisdiction and Venue, and Implied Oath.
- Article 3 Intestate Succession.
- Article 4 Elective Share of Surviving Spouse; Abatement.
- Section 43-8-70 Right of surviving spouse to elective share.
- Section 43-8-71 Right of election personal to surviving spouse.
- Section 43-8-72 Waiver of right to elect and of other rights.
- Section 43-8-73 Procedure for making election; petition; time limit; notice and hearing; withdrawal of demand; order of court; enforcement of order.
- Section 43-8-74 Entitlement of surviving spouse to certain benefits regardless of election.
- Section 43-8-75 How elective share satisfied; what property applied first; apportionment of others' liability for balance of elective share.
- Section 43-8-76 Order of abatement.
- Article 5 Spouse and Children Not Provided for in Will.
- Article 6 Exempt Property and Allowances.
- Article 7 Wills Generally.
- Division 1 Execution of Will.
- Division 2 Probate of Will.
- Division 3 Contesting Validity of Will.
- Section 43-8-190 Who may contest will; filing objections; making up issue; trial by jury.
- Section 43-8-191 Time for trial; continuance; summoning witnesses.
- Section 43-8-192 Drawing and summoning of jurors; penalty for default.
- Section 43-8-193 Proceedings against defaulting witness.
- Section 43-8-194 Depositions of witnesses; rules governing procedure.
- Section 43-8-195 Admission or rejection of will.
- Section 43-8-196 Costs.
- Section 43-8-197 Change of venue.
- Section 43-8-198 Transfer of contest to circuit court; appeal from judgment of circuit court; certification of judgment, etc., to probate court.
- Section 43-8-199 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Generally.
- Section 43-8-200 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Parties; conclusiveness of judgment.
- Section 43-8-201 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Additional time for contest by infants and persons of unsound mind.
- Section 43-8-202 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Trial of issues by jury; consideration of witnesses' testimony.
- Article 8 Construction of Wills.
- Section 43-8-220 Requirement that devisee survive testator by five days.
- Section 43-8-221 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills.
- Section 43-8-222 Controlling effect of intention of testator.
- Section 43-8-223 Construction of will to pass all property, including after-acquired property.
- Section 43-8-224 Anti-lapse provision; applicability to deceased devisees and to class gifts.
- Section 43-8-225 Effect of failure of testamentary provisions.
- Section 43-8-226 Specific devise of securities; change in securities; accessions; nonademption.
- Section 43-8-227 Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; proceeds of sale, condemnation, insurance or foreclosure; sale by guardian or curator.
- Section 43-8-228 Nonexoneration.
- Section 43-8-229 Exercise of power of appointment.
- Section 43-8-230 Construction of generic terms to accord with relationships as defined for intestate succession; when person born out of wedlock treated as child of father.
- Section 43-8-231 Ademption by satisfaction.
- Article 9 Miscellaneous Provisions.
- Section 43-8-250 Contracts concerning succession, etc.; no presumption of nonrevocation from joint or mutual wills.
- Section 43-8-251 Renunciation of succession.
- Section 43-8-252 Effect of divorce, annulment, or decree of separation.
- Section 43-8-253 Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance and beneficiary designations; effect of bona fide purchase by third party or good faith payment by obligor, etc.
- Section 43-8-254 Appointment of debtor as executor.
- Section 43-8-255 Administrators with will annexed have same powers as executors.
- Section 43-8-256 Testator may preclude corporation from becoming surety on bond of executor or administrator.
- Article 10 Custody of Wills.
- Article 11 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.