Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

11.02.010 How Wills Must Be Executed and Attested

Every will must be in writing, and every will, other than a holographic will, must be executed and attested as follows:

(a) It must be signed at the end by the testator or by some person in the testator's presence and by his direction;

(b) The subscription must be made in the presence of the attesting witnesses, or be acknowledged by the testator to them to have been made by him or by his authority;

(c) The testator must, at the time of subscribing or acknowledging the same, declare to the attesting witnesses that the instrument is his will;

(d) There must be two (2) attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign his name as a witness at the end of the will, at the testator's request and in his presence.