Execution

Execution. (a) The courts of the Commonwealth shall give effect to a written will duly executed. In the absence of a written will, heirship shall be determined in accordance with customary law and the probate laws of the Commonwealth, as may be applicable under this division. (b) Except as provided for customary wills, partidas, holographic wills and nuncupative wills, every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other person in the testator’s presence and by his direction, and shall be signed by at least two persons each of whom witnessed either the signing or the testator’s acknowledgment of the signature of the will. Source: PL 3-106, ch. 3, § 3; amended by PL 10-10, § 1.