Application for a probate
Harshala
(Querist) 26 September 2012
This query is : Resolved
i want to make an application for a probate, but i do not have orginal copy of will? it is necessary to submit a orginal copy of will while applying for a probate? and if yes what is the alternative one can have if he do not have original copy of will.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 26 September 2012
237. Probate of copy or draft of lost will.-When a will has been lost or mislaid since the testator's death, or has been destroyed by wrong or accident and not by any act of the testator, and a copy or the draft of the will has been preserved, probate may be granted of such copy or draft, limited until the original or a properly authenticated copy of it is produced
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 02 October 2012
Yes!It is so but you would be required to prove the loss of original adducing evidence.