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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 137.080 (2026)

Persons qualified to contest will; filing of petition

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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)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1959–2016 · leading case: In Re: Est. of Black, 2016 NV 7 (Nev. 2016).
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In Re: Est. of Black, 2016 NV 7 (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “NRS 137.080. NRS 137.090 states hat a citation "must be issued" "within the time allowed for filing the Is etition.”
Close v. Flanary, 339 P.2d 379 (Nev. 1959). · cites it 2× “* * *” With reference to a petition, after probate, for the revocation of such probate, NRS 137.080 and 137.100 require that proceedings be had thereunder as in the case of a contest before probate.”
Tehansky v. Wilson, 428 P.2d 375 (Nev. 1967). · cites it 2× “*264 OPINION Per Curiam: The main issue on this appeal is whether a defective pleading under DCR 30 and NRCP 11, requiring acknowledgment of a pleading in proper person, can be cured by a motion to amend under NRCP 15(a), notwithstanding that the motion was made after the…”
Fullerton v. Rogers, 701 P.2d 1020 (Nev. 1985). · cites it 4× “The dismissal was based on the trial court’s conclusion that Fullerton had not made a timely response under NRS 137.080 and had not properly supported her allegations of fraud.”
Melvin v. Farmer, 561 P.2d 455 (Nev. 1977). · cites it 3× “The administratrix moved for summary judgment on the ground that the petition was bárred by the -provisions of NRS 137.080. 1 The motion was granted and this appeal followed.”
In Re: Est. of Black, 2016 NV 7 (Nev. 2016). “NRS 137.080. NRS 137.090 states hat a citation "must be issued" "within the time allowed for filing the Is etition.”
McCabe v. Pearson, 510 P.2d 875 (Nev. 1973). “NRS 137.080. They alleged that their mother was incompetent to execute the will, and also, that she was induced to execute the same by reason of fraud and undue influence.”
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