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Article 6.—WILLS

Kansas Probate Code – 2026

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Article 1.—GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2.—COURTS AND THEIR RECORDS Article 4.—HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES Article 5.—INTESTATE SUCCESSION Article 6a.—ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE Article 6.—WILLS Article 7.—LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND OF ADMINISTRATION Article 8.—ESTATES OF NONRESIDENTS Article 9.—ESTATES OF INTESTATES WITHOUT HEIRS Article 10.—PARTNERSHIP ESTATES Article 11.—BONDS Article 12.—INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT Article 13.—CLASSIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF DEMANDS Article 14.—MANAGEMENT AND SALE OF ASSETS Article 15.—ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION Article 16.—ACCOUNTING OF TRUSTEES Article 17.—PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ESTATES Article 20.—SUPPORT OF PATIENTS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS Article 21.—ADOPTION Article 22a.—CY-PRES RULE FOR CHARITABLE TRUSTS, DEVISES OR BEQUESTS Article 22.—PROBATE PROCEDURE Article 23.—PROCEEDINGS FOR SALE, LEASE AND MORTGAGE OF REALTY Article 24.—APPEALS AND TRANSFERS Article 25.—RULES OF COURT Article 26.—MISCELLANEOUS Article 27.—ESTATES OF ABSENTEES Article 28.—SPECIAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES Article 29a.—COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS Article 29b.—CARE AND TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH AN ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM Article 29.—CARE AND TREATMENT FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS Article 29c.—THE CRISIS INTERVENTION ACT Article 30.—GUARDIANS OR CONSERVATORS Article 31.—UNIFORM TESTAMENTARY ADDITIONS TO TRUSTS ACT Article 32.—SIMPLIFIED ESTATES ACT Article 33.—INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION ACT Article 34.—UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES Article 35.—TRANSFER-ON-DEATH
§ 59-601 Persons who may make will. § 59-602 Limitation on testamentary power. § 59-603 Repealed. § 59-604 Devise or bequest to witness. § 59-605 Preparation of will or provision of will that gives any devise or bequest to writer or preparer. § 59-606 Execution and attestation; self-proved wills and codicils; affidavits; form. § 59-607 Competency of witness. § 59-608 Nuncupative will. § 59-609 Will executed without state. § 59-610 Revocation by marriage, birth or adoption; divorce. § 59-611 Manner of revocation. § 59-612 Revocation of second will not revivor of first, when. § 59-613 After-acquired property. § 59-614 When devise passes whole. § 59-615 Devise or bequest to spouse or relative who predeceases testator; "issue" defined. § 59-616 Probate essential. § 59-617 Limitation on probate of written will. § 59-618 Liability and effect of withholding will. § 59-618a Filing of certain wills or copies in court; affidavit; admission to probate. § 59-619 Limitation on probate of oral will. § 59-620 Repealed. § 59-621 Duty of custodian; liability. § 59-622 Validation of foreign wills filed prior to July 1, 1939. § 59-623 Reference in will to statement to dispose of certain tangible personal property; admissibility. § 59-624 Repealed. § 59-6a201 Definitions. § 59-6a202 Elective share; amount; supplemental amount; effect of election on statutory benefits; nonresident. § 59-6a203 Composition of the augmented estate. § 59-6a204 Decedent's net probate estate. § 59-6a205 Decedent's nonprobate transfers to others. § 59-6a206 Decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse. § 59-6a207 Surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others. § 59-6a208 Exclusions, valuation and overlapping application. § 59-6a209 Sources from which elective share payable. § 59-6a210 Personal liability of recipients. § 59-6a211 Proceeding for elective share; time limit. § 59-6a212 Right of election. § 59-6a213 Waiver of right of election and other rights by surviving spouse; requirements; procedures. § 59-6a214 Protection of payors and other third parties. § 59-6a215 Homestead or homestead allowance. § 59-6a216 Effectiveness of act. § 59-6a217 Severability.