What is the time limit for a noticed petitioner to contest a Will?
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What is the time limit for a noticed petitioner to contest a Will?
The contest would be on the basis that certain assets were in the estate due to conversion.
Asked on March 25, 2012 under Estate Planning, Nevada
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss. The time to contest a Will (or the Statute of Limitations) runs from the date that the Will was admitted to Probate. Here is the statute in Nevada:
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.
Good luck.
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