A written will is valid if executed in compliance with Section 45-2-502 NMSA 1978 or if its execution complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed or of the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode or is a national.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-2-506, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 2-506; repealed and reenacted by Laws 1993, ch. 174, § 29; 2016, ch. 69, § 709.
Official comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 2-506 UPC.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 174, § 29 repealed former 45-2-506 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 2-506, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1993.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, after "testator is domiciled", added "has a place of abode".
Law reviews. — For article, "Intestate Succession and Wills Law: The New Probate Code," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 25 (1975).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 80 Am. Jur. 2d Wills § 1122.
Retrospective application of statute concerning execution of wills, 111 A.L.R. 910.
Construction of reference in will to statute where pertinent provisions of statute are subsequently changed by amendment or repeal, 63 A.L.R.3d 603.
94 C.J.S. Wills § 15.
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