CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRESUMPTION OF FORMAL EXECUTION OF WILLS MADE BY PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE;
WILL OF PERSONAL ESTATE OF PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE AND SEAMEN (§ 64.2-408)

A. A will executed by a person while in the military service of the United
States, as that term is defined in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50
U.S.C. § 3901 et seq.), that purports on its face to be witnessed as required
by § 64.2-403, upon proof of the signature of the testator by any two
disinterested witnesses, shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, to have been executed in accordance with the requirements of that
section and shall be admitted to probate as if the formalities of execution were
proved.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 64.2-403, a person while in the military
service of the United States, or a seaman or mariner while at sea, may dispose
of his personal estate in the same manner as he might heretofore have done.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 64-55, 64-56; 1968, c. 656, §§ 64.1-53, 64.1-54;
2012, c. 614; 2016, c. 266.