VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 48.055
Revocation Presumption
When it has been proved by the greater weight of the evidence that there was an executed will
in the possession of (name of decedent) and that it cannot be found after his death, then the law
presumes that it was destroyed by (name of decedent) with the intention of revoking it.
To overcome this presumption the burden is on (name of proponent) to prove by clear and
convincing evidence that (name of decedent) did not revoke the will.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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