# A question about wills **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 9, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936 "2008-02-09T17:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/1 "2008-02-09T17:17:46Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454932), what happens if a will is executed and afterwards a newer will (which invalidates the earlier one and is not merely a codicil) is found? Are there time restrictions? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/2 "2008-02-09T17:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454932), what happens if a will is executed and afterwards a newer will (which invalidates the earlier one and is not merely a codicil) is found? Are there time restrictions? [/QUOTE] How can a newer will be executed after a previous one? Wills are executed on the successful declaration of death on a person. Wouldn’t that mean someone came back to life and died a second time? 😕 Now, I see what you mean if a newer will is _dated_ later than the newer one–then the earlier will would be superceded by the later will. However, a will is just an instrument in place to be executed _should_ something happen. Essentially, it’s a checklist: “If ‘A’ happens, do ‘B’.” The checklist can be updated from time to time, but the laws usually agree that the latest dated instruction supercedes all earlier ones. Tripler Dead then alive and dead again. Man that’d be one hell of a party trick! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/3 "2008-02-09T18:01:29Z")
In the thread in question, the known will is 30 years old. It’s reasonable that the will might have been rewritten - to mention newer grandchildren, for instance -sometime in those 30 years. Suppose the 30-year old will is executed and afterwards a newer will, written last year, is found. Is it too late? ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/4 "2008-02-09T22:14:31Z")
According to this site, once an existing will has been probated any newer will discovered is invalid: [http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html](http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html) > [@](#): > > A newly discovered will only causes problems if the deceased was believed to have died intestate - without a will. If a will is admitted to probate and the estate has been settled and distributed, the new will does not change the result. In all states there is a brief time period at the commencement of probate where other wills can be produced - generally just a few months. Once this time period has elapsed it is simply too late to revisit the validity of the will used to probate the estate. ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/5 "2008-02-10T02:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] According to this site, once an existing will has been probated any newer will discovered is invalid: [http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html](http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html) [/QUOTE] This thread is very helpful, thank you **A.R Cane** and the OP. The more I learn about this process, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/6 "2008-02-10T02:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] How can a newer will be executed after a previous one? Wills are executed on the successful declaration of death on a person. Wouldn’t that mean someone came back to life and died a second time? 😕 Now, I see what you mean if a newer will is _dated_ later than the newer one–then the earlier will would be superceded by the later will. However, a will is just an instrument in place to be executed _should_ something happen. Essentially, it’s a checklist: “If ‘A’ happens, do ‘B’.” The checklist can be updated from time to time, but the laws usually agree that the latest dated instruction supercedes all earlier ones. Tripler Dead then alive and dead again. Man that’d be one hell of a party trick! :dubious: [/QUOTE] :: snorting :: Jean Grey does that crap all the time. Hell, she did it twice this morning. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/7 "2008-02-10T03:02:17Z")
[QUOTE=hekk] This thread is very helpful, thank you **A.R Cane** and the OP. The more I learn about this process, the better. [/QUOTE] Just remember, that site is speaking in generalities that may not be true in your jurisdiction. Even if you hire a local atty. to deal w/ your grandfathers estate, it would be wise to do some reseach on your own. In this day and age that is pretty easy to do. When my mother died (1973) my father was mostly angry, about various things, so I handled the arrangemens and I was a consumer first and a grieving son second, same when my father died (1984). Funeral directors are salespeople first and sympathizers second. Not to denigrate them, they’re in business to make money and you have avoid being taken advantage of because of the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/8 "2008-02-10T03:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] How can a newer will be executed after a previous one? Wills are executed on the successful declaration of death on a person. Wouldn’t that mean someone came back to life and died a second time? 😕 [/QUOTE] Can’t speak for American law-speak, but in Canada, “execution of a will” means the act of signing it by the testator, in the presence of witnesses. Then each witness may sign an “Affadivit of Execution”, swearing that they witnessed the testator sign the will. Here’s a standard form for an [Affidavit of Execution](http://www.canlii.org/mb/laws/regu/1988r.553/20071015/part174.html): > [@](#): > > 1. THAT on the \_\_\_\_\_\_ day of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_, I was personally present and did see the paper writing hereunto annexed and marked as exhibit “A” to this affidavit, **executed by the said (testator’s name),** as it now appears, as and for (his/her) last will and testament by signing (his/her) name at the foot or end thereof and that at\*\* the time of the execution of the will\*\* the testator was of the full age of 18 years and, in my opinion, the testator was of sound mind, memory, and understanding at **the time of execution of the will.** After the death of the testator, the will is then presented to the court for probate. Once approved by the court, the will has been **probated.** YMMV, of course, from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/9 "2008-02-10T08:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] According to this site, once an existing will has been probated any newer will discovered is invalid: [http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html](http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/freelegaladvice/willandestates/5.html) [/QUOTE] Ah, thanks. Doesn’t this mean, though, that if a person benefits under one will and doesn’t benefit under a later will, if they can successfully hide the later will, then they can essentially defraud the estate? ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/10 "2008-02-10T09:24:18Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Ah, thanks. Doesn’t this mean, though, that if a person benefits under one will and doesn’t benefit under a later will, if they can successfully hide the later will, then they can essentially defraud the estate? [/QUOTE] Again, IANAL, but I’d guess that in that event, you would have to take civil action against the person who concealed the later will. There might be criminal charges also. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/11 "2008-02-10T17:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] How can a newer will be executed after a previous one? Wills are executed on the successful declaration of death on a person. Wouldn’t that mean someone came back to life and died a second time? 😕 Now, I see what you mean if a newer will is _dated_ later than the newer one–then the earlier will would be superceded by the later will. However, a will is just an instrument in place to be executed _should_ something happen. Essentially, it’s a checklist: “If ‘A’ happens, do ‘B’.” The checklist can be updated from time to time, but the laws usually agree that the latest dated instruction supercedes all earlier ones. Tripler Dead then alive and dead again. Man that’d be one hell of a party trick! :dubious: [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, **Tripler** , but I think you are confused and incorrect, here. You may be confused by the fact that the “executor” of the will doesn’t do anything until after death. But after death, the will is offered for “probate”, not “execution.” Execution of an instrument means the completion of the instrument, including everything needed to make it valid. For a will, that means using the appropriate form, having a signature, etc. See, for example, the definition in _Black’s Law Dictionary_ (5th ed., 1979): “A written intrument executed with the formalities required by statutes, …” ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/12 "2008-02-10T17:57:12Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Again, IANAL, but I’d guess that in that event, you would have to take civil action against the person who concealed the later will. There might be criminal charges also. [/QUOTE] I’ve never done stiffs and gifts (thank goodness; boring work imho). But in most cases where there has been a fraud upon the court, the judgment of the court can be revisited. I would not be surprised in such a case if the probate court could re-open the disposition of the estate. Perhaps someone with the knowledge, or desire to spend a cold Sunday afternoon researching, can chime in. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/13 "2008-02-10T18:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] I’ve never done stiffs and gifts (thank goodness; boring work imho). But in most cases where there has been a fraud upon the court, the judgment of the court can be revisited. I would not be surprised in such a case if the probate court could re-open the disposition of the estate. Perhaps someone with the knowledge, or desire to spend a cold Sunday afternoon researching, can chime in. 😛 [/QUOTE] I considered that possibility, but wouldn’t it be less complicated to go directly after the culprit, rather than trying to buck established precedent, or even statutory law? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/14 "2008-02-10T19:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] I’m sorry, **Tripler** , but I think you are confused and incorrect, here. You may be confused by the fact that the “executor” of the will doesn’t do anything until after death. But after death, the will is offered for “probate”, not “execution.” [/QUOTE] I think this is probably a UK vs US language difference. I’m named as an executor of my aunt’s will and when she dies I will execute it. Part of that will be the probate process. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/15 "2008-02-10T21:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I think this is probably a UK vs US language difference. I’m named as an executor of my aunt’s will and when she dies I will execute it. Part of that will be the probate process. [/QUOTE] I think you’re both right: my understanding of wills comes from a knowledge of _contracts_. To wit, I thought a will was essentially a contract to be carried out without a living signator–making the remaining estate of the deceased the interested party. The instrument of the contract is ‘the will’. The instrument contains the plan to be ‘executed’ upon the actual death of the once-living signator. But **DSYoungEsq** , I do see what you mean! Again, my knowledge of these things is based off of government contracts. I could be wrong in terminology, but then again as **Quartz** points out, it may be a dialect thing. . . Tripler I still think it would be a great party trick tho. . . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/16 "2008-02-10T21:32:12Z")
**Quartz** , I don’t know where you live from your reference, but if in the UK, I expect that you would actually be named executor of the estate (or executrix if you prefer and are female 😉 ). Where no will exists, an individual may apply to the courts to be named administrator of the estate. Just to be clear I’m writing this from the perspective of a lawyer in Canada who does not practiced estate law. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/17 "2008-02-10T23:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454932), what happens if a will is executed and afterwards a newer will (which invalidates the earlier one and is not merely a codicil) is found? Are there time restrictions? [/QUOTE] I’m a bit confused about your question. I’m not sure if you are asking whether there’s a time limit for revoking one’s will and replacing it with a different one _while you are still alive_. (There isn’t one based on time, but you’d need to be competent to draft a will when you did it.) or whether one could find a newer will after an older one had been probated and the estate closed (gets a bit tricky). For the latter question here is Michigan’s statute on point: > [@](#): > > 700.3412 Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation. > > Sec. 3412. > > (1) Subject to appeal and subject to vacation as provided in this section and section 3413, **a formal testacy order under sections 3409 to 3411, including an order that the decedent did not leave a valid will and that determines heirs, is final as to all persons with respect to all issues concerning the decedent’s estate that the court considered or might have considered incident to its rendition relevant to the question of whether the decedent left a valid will and to the determination of heirs, except that** : > > **(a) The court shall entertain a petition for modification or vacation of its order and probate of another will of the decedent if it is shown that the proponents of the later-offered will were unaware of that will’s existence at the time of the earlier proceeding, or were unaware of the earlier proceeding and were given no notice of it, except by publication.** > (b) If intestacy of all or part of the estate has been ordered, the determination of the decedent’s heirs may be reconsidered if it is shown that an individual was omitted from the determination and that the omitted individual was unaware of his or her relationship to the decedent, was unaware of the decedent’s death, or was not given notice of any proceeding concerning the decedent’s estate, except by publication. > > (2)\*\* A petition \*\* for vacation filed under subsection (1) **shall be filed before the earlier of the following time limits:** > (a) If a personal representative is appointed for the estate,\*\* the time of entry of an order approving final distribution of the estate or, if the estate is closed by statement, 6 months after the filing of the closing statement.\*\* > > (b) **One year after the entry of the order sought to be vacated.** > > (3) The order originally rendered in the testacy proceeding may be modified or vacated, if appropriate under the circumstances, by the order of probate of the later-offered will or the order redetermining heirs. > > (4) The finding of the fact of death is conclusive as to the alleged decedent only if notice of the hearing on the petition in the formal testacy proceeding was sent by registered or certified mail addressed to the alleged decedent at his or her last known address and the court finds that a search was made as required by section 3403. > > (5) If the alleged decedent is not dead, even if notice was sent and the search was made, the alleged decedent may recover estate assets in the hands of the personal representative. In addition to any remedies available to the alleged decedent by reason of any fraud or intentional wrongdoing, the alleged decedent may recover any estate or its proceeds from distributees that is in their hands, or the value of distributions received by them, to the extent that any recovery from distributees is equitable in view of all of the circumstances. [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(lv5wbq45wbp0wa45qgwot02j)](http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(lv5wbq45wbp0wa45qgwot02j)))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-700-3412 (Emphais added.) It’s a safe bet that other states have different rules. \*\*Tripler \*\* contracts are “executed,” to the extent that term is used when they are signed, and performed when they are completed. Although a partially-performed contract is often called “executory.” Similarly, wills are executed, when the formalities necessary for making a will are complete, and probated when their maker dies. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/18 "2008-02-11T00:51:23Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] \*\*Tripler \*\* contracts are “executed,” to the extent that term is used when they are signed, and performed when they are completed. Although a partially-performed contract is often called “executory.” Similarly, wills are executed, when the formalities necessary for making a will are complete, and probated when their maker dies. [/QUOTE] With the tide of ignorance coming in against me, I see that I have been mistaken. I stand corrected. :smack: Tripler I’ve been wrong before, and I’ll be wrong again. . . ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/19 "2008-02-11T14:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] I’m a bit confused about your question. I’m not sure if you are asking whether there’s a time limit for revoking one’s will and replacing it with a different one _while you are still alive_. [/QUOTE] No - I’m asking about the execution of a person’s will after their death. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-wills/436936/20 "2008-02-11T15:06:39Z")
I’m afraid dead people aren’t competent to execute wills. _See, e.g._, [http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/pub/Chap802a.htm#Sec45a-251.htm](http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/pub/Chap802a.htm#Sec45a-251.htm) (will must be signed by testator) [NRS: CHAPTER 133 - WILLS](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-133.html#NRS133Sec040) (same) [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ok&vol=/supreme/1968/&invol=1968ok142](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ok&vol=/supreme/1968/&invol=1968ok142) Seriously, most states impose limits on when, and under what circumstances a new will may be invoked to invalidated a probate court order approving distribution of assets under a previous will. I already quoted Michigan’s. Florida: > [@](#): > > 733.903 Subsequent administration.–The final settlement of an estate and the discharge of the personal representative shall not prevent further administration. The order of discharge may not be revoked based upon the discovery of a will or later will. > **[Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes :-\>2007-\>Ch0733-\>Section...](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0733%2FSEC903.HTM&Title=-%3E2007-%3ECh0733-%3ESection%20903)** Here is Nevada’s: > [@](#): > > AFTER PROBATE > > ``` > NRS 137.080 Persons qualified to contest will; filing of petition. After a will has been admitted to probate, any interested person other than a party to a contest before probate or a person who had actual notice of the previous contest in time to have joined therein may, at any time within 3 months after the order is entered admitting the will to probate, contest the admission or the validity of the will. The contestant must file with the court in which the will was proved a petition containing the allegations of the contestant against the validity of the will or against the sufficiency of the proof, and requesting that the probate be revoked. > > [22:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.22]—(NRS A 1999, 2269) > > NRS 137.090 Issuance of citation. Upon filing the petition, and within the time allowed for filing the petition, a citation must be issued, directed to the personal representative and to all the devisees mentioned in the will, and the heirs, so far as known to the petitioner, including minors and incapacitated persons, or the personal representative of any such person who is dead, directing them to plead to the contest within 30 days after service of the citation. > > [23:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.23]—(NRS A 1999, 2269) > > NRS 137.100 Service of citation; trial; revocation of letters. The citation must be served and proceedings had thereunder as in the case of a contest before probate. If the jury finds or the court decides that the will is invalid or is not the last will of the testator, the court shall enter an order revoking the probate of the will and letters testamentary. Thereupon the powers of the personal representative cease, but the personal representative is not liable for any act done in good faith before the revocation. > > [24:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.24]—(NRS A 1999, 2270) > > NRS 137.110 Costs. If the probate is not revoked, the costs of trial must be paid by the contestant. If the probate is revoked, the costs must be paid by the party who resisted the revocation or out of the property of the decedent, as the court may direct in accordance with the provisions of chapter 18 of NRS. > > [25:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.25]—(NRS A 1999, 2270) > > NRS 137.120 Period of limitation. If no person contests the validity of a will or of the probate thereof, within the time specified in NRS 137.080, the probate of the will is conclusive. > > [26:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.26] > > NRS 137.130 Probate of other will. Failure to contest a will does not preclude the subsequent probate of a will executed later in point of time than the one previously admitted to probate. > > [27:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.27]—(NRS A 1999, 2270) > > NRS 137.140 Appeal from final order. An appeal from a final order determining the contest of a will is governed by the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the notice of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the district court not later than 30 days after the date of service of written notice of entry of a final order. A party may make any motion after the determination that is provided by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. > > (Added to NRS by 1999, 2268; A 2001, 2343) > > ``` [NRS: CHAPTER 137 - CONTESTS OF WILLS](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-137.html#NRS137Sec080)