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Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church v. Stevens

No. 070401Supreme Court of Virginia

070401 Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church v. Stevens 02/29/2008 In a challenge to the probate of a typed and attested will where there was no evidence of fraud, the will was subscribed in a manner sati…

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070401 Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church v. Stevens 02/29/2008 In a challenge to the probate of a typed and attested wil…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
First added here
October 4, 2026
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February 29, 2008
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070401 Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church v. Stevens 02/29/2008 In a challenge to the probate of a typed and attested will where there was no evidence of fraud, the will was subscribed in a manner satisfying the requirements of Code § 64.1-49 where the testatrix expressly specified in the will that it consisted of five pages, signed her name below the statement that described the number of pages contained in her will, and on the fourth page signed a self-proving affidavit. Witnesses placed their signatures under that of the testatrix on that page. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded for entry of an appropriate order.

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    070401 Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church v. Stevens 02/29/2008 In a challenge to the probate of a typed and attested will where there was no evidence of fraud, the will was subscribed in a manner satisfying the requirements of Code § 64.1-49 where the testatrix expressly specified in the will that it consisted of five pages, signed her name below the statement that described the number of pages contained in her will, and on the fourth page signed a self-proving affidavit. Witnesses placed their signatures under that of the testatrix on that page. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the case is remanded for entry of an appropriate order.

    Outcome words in this text: reversed, remanded.

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