TITLE LVI
PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES

CHAPTER 551
WILLS

Section 551:17

    551:17 Donatio Causa Mortis. – No gift in expectation of death, often called donatio causa mortis, shall be valid, unless the actual delivery of the property to the donee shall be proved by two indifferent witnesses, upon petition of the donee to the judge to establish such gift, filed within sixty days after the decease of the donor.

Source. GS 174:17. GL 193:17. PS 186:18. PL 297:17. RL 350:17.