Utah Will Contests

A Utah will contest is a formal testacy proceeding, which Utah Code 75-3-401(1) defines as litigation to determine whether a decedent left a valid will. It runs before a district court judge rather than the registrar, an interested person starts it by petition, and Utah Code 75-3-107 sets the outer deadline.

Two facts about Utah shape everything below. The grounds are written into the statute rather than left to argument, because Utah Code 75-3-407(1) names them while assigning the burden of proof. And a filed objection pulls the case into mandatory mediation under the Utah Code of Judicial Administration before a judge ever weighs the evidence.

This page describes the mechanism. It is general information about Utah law and says nothing about whether a challenge fits your family's facts. A licensed Utah attorney is the person who answers that, and the earlier that conversation happens the more room it leaves. If the estate has not opened yet, the Utah probate guide covers the process a contest interrupts.

What a Utah Will Contest Is

Utah Code 75-3-401(1) gives the proceeding four shapes. An interested person may petition the court, after notice and hearing, for an order probating a will, to set aside an informal probate of a will, to prevent informal probate of a will that is the subject of a pending application, or, under Utah Code 75-3-402(3), for an order that the decedent died intestate.

A petition may seek formal probate of a will whether or not the same or a conflicting will has already been informally probated, and it may leave the appointment of a personal representative out entirely. Utah Code 75-3-401(2) says so in one sentence, which matters when the fight is about the document rather than about who runs the estate.

Filing changes the estate immediately. Two provisions do the work:

• The registrar stops. While a formal testacy proceeding is pending, Utah Code 75-3-401(3) bars the registrar from acting on any application for informal probate of any will of the decedent or for informal appointment of a personal representative.
• Distribution stops. Under Utah Code 75-3-401(4), a personal representative appointed earlier must refrain from any further distribution of the estate once notice of the formal proceeding arrives, unless the petition also asks the court to confirm that earlier informal appointment. A petitioner seeking a different representative may also ask the court to restrain the sitting one and appoint a special administrator. Absent such a request, or if the court denies it, the sitting representative keeps every other duty described in Utah executor duties.

A contest is the wrong instrument for a complaint about how the estate is being run. Objecting to the representative, to the accounting, or asking for supervised administration under Utah Code 75-3-502 are separate moves, and Utah Code 75-3-502(3) lets the court order supervised administration whenever it finds that oversight is necessary under the circumstances.

The Deadline to Contest a Utah Will

Utah runs two clocks, and the second one is the reason a family that just learned about an informal probate is often still in time.

Read the second row twice. Because the period runs to whichever date falls later, an informal probate opened close to the three-year mark still carries a full 12 months of contest exposure. A representative who assumes the file went quiet at the three-year anniversary is reading only half the subsection. The same dates appear alongside every other dated duty in Utah probate deadlines.

What Happens After Three Years

Utah Code 75-3-107(3) says that if no will is probated within three years from the death, the presumption of intestacy is final, and the court shall enter an order to that effect on a proper petition.

The court does not lose the file. Even past the three years, Utah Code 75-3-107(4) keeps continuing jurisdiction to determine what property the decedent owned at death and to appoint a personal representative or special administrator. What closes is the list of things anyone may then present against the estate. Utah Code 75-3-107(4)(b) shuts out a homestead allowance, exempt property, a family allowance, a support allowance, an elective share of the surviving spouse, and any claim other than expenses of administration.

That last line is the practical cost of waiting. A surviving spouse who lets three years pass loses the elective share and the allowances described in Utah family allowance, and no amount of merit in the underlying complaint brings them back.

Reopening an Order That Already Entered

A formal testacy order is final as to all persons on every issue the court considered or might have considered about whether the decedent left a valid will, subject to appeal. Utah Code 75-3-412(1) then carves two openings. The court shall entertain a petition to modify or vacate its order and probate a later-offered will when the proponents were unaware the will existed at the time of the earlier proceeding, or were unaware of that proceeding and got no notice of it except by publication. Where intestacy was ordered, Utah Code 75-3-412(1)(b) reopens the determination of heirs for a person who was omitted and who was unaware of the relationship, unaware of the death, or given no notice except by publication.

Utah Code 75-3-412(3) caps that with three outer limits, and the earliest one governs: the entry of an order approving final distribution, or six months after a closing statement; the Utah Code 75-3-107 date when an original proceeding to probate a will is no longer possible; or 12 months after entry of the order the petitioner wants vacated. Separately, Utah Code 75-3-413 lets the court modify or vacate an order in a formal testacy proceeding for good cause shown, within the time allowed for appeal.

Who Can Contest a Utah Will

Only an interested person may commence a formal testacy proceeding. Utah Code 75-1-201 defines the term for the whole title, and the definition is broader than most families expect. It includes heirs, devisees, children, spouses, creditors, beneficiaries, and any others having a property right in or claim against the estate of a decedent, ward, or protected person. It also reaches persons having priority for appointment as personal representative, and other fiduciaries representing interested persons.

The section adds a sentence that decides more arguments than the list does. The meaning of interested person as it relates to particular persons may vary from time to time, and is determined according to the particular purposes of, and the matter involved in, any proceeding. So standing is answered proceeding by proceeding rather than settled once for the whole estate.

Working from that definition, the people who usually have a stake in setting a will aside are:

• Heirs at law, meaning the relatives who would take under Utah intestate succession if no valid will governs.
• Devisees under an earlier will, whose share was larger before the challenged document appeared.
• Devisees under the challenged will, when an earlier document treated them better.
• A person with priority for appointment, since Utah Code 75-3-107(1)(c) frames the contest as a proceeding to upset an informal probate and secure appointment of the person with legal priority if it succeeds.

Utah Code 75-1-201 was amended three times in the 2025 General Session, so a summary of the definition written before May 2025 is worth checking against the current section text rather than quoted from memory.

The Grounds Utah Law Names

Utah does not scatter its contest grounds across case law alone. Utah Code 75-3-407(1) states them in a single sentence while assigning who must prove what: contestants of a will have the burden of establishing lack of testamentary intent or capacity, undue influence, fraud, duress, mistake, or revocation.

Lack of Testamentary Intent or Capacity

Utah rewrote its capacity test recently, and most summaries still carry the old one-line version. Chapter 338 of the 2025 General Session amended Utah Code 75-2-501 effective May 7, 2025, and the section now spells the test out. A testator must be 18 years old or older and have testamentary capacity at the time the will is executed. Under Utah Code 75-2-501(2), capacity means the testator can identify the testator's family members or other individuals in the testator's life, understands the testator's relationship to those individuals, understands the nature and extent of the testator's property, and can form a plan in the testator's mind for the disposition of that property.

Two later subsections cut against a challenger. Utah Code 75-2-501(3) says the testator needs no knowledge or understanding of the laws of inheritance by intestate succession. Utah Code 75-2-501(4) creates a rebuttable presumption that testamentary capacity existed when the will was executed even if the testator was subject to a guardianship or conservatorship, or was otherwise unable to independently manage the testator's affairs.

That presumption is the sentence to sit with. A guardianship order, standing alone, is not an answer to whether the person could sign a will in Utah. The contest starts from behind, and the evidence has to speak to the moment of signing.

Undue Influence

Utah Code 75-3-407(1) names undue influence as a ground and puts the burden on the contestant. It stops there. Nothing in Title 75 Chapters 1, 2 or 3 defines the term. Away from that burden sentence, the phrase surfaces in those three chapters only twice more: in the self-proving affidavit forms at Utah Code 75-2-504 and Utah Code 75-2-1408, where the testator and the witnesses swear the testator signed under no constraint or undue influence, and in Utah Code 75-3-918, which governs the sale of an interest in an estate to an outside purchaser rather than the validity of a will.

So the standard comes from Utah case law rather than from a section a reader can pull up. That is a real limit on what a page like this one can tell you, and it is the point in the analysis where a Utah probate litigator earns the fee. What the statute does supply is the burden allocation and the effect of a presumption, covered below.

Fraud, Duress, and Mistake

These three sit in the same sentence of Utah Code 75-3-407(1) and, like undue influence, are named rather than defined in Title 75. Fraud arguments generally split into deception about what the document was and deception that changed a gift. A forgery argument attacks the signature itself, and it interacts with the self-proving affidavit rule discussed below, since Utah Code 75-3-406(2) preserves an attack based on proof of fraud or forgery affecting the acknowledgment or affidavit.

Revocation

A revocation argument says the will is no longer operative. Utah Code 75-2-507(1) revokes a will, or any part of it, by a subsequent will that revokes the earlier one expressly or by inconsistency, or by a revocatory act performed on the will with intent to revoke. The section defines a revocatory act to include burning, tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying the will or any part of it, and it counts a burning, tearing, or canceling whether or not the mark touched any of the words.

Two presumptions decide most competing-document cases, and both yield to clear and convincing evidence:

• Under Utah Code 75-2-507(3), a later will that makes a complete disposition of the estate is presumed to replace the earlier one, so only the later will operates at death.
• Under Utah Code 75-2-507(4), a later will that does not make a complete disposition is presumed to supplement, revoking the earlier will only where the two conflict, and both operate.

Divorce is the other revocation trigger. Utah Code 75-2-508 says a change of circumstances does not revoke a will except as provided in Utah Code 75-2-803, 75-2-804 and 75-2-807. Utah Code 75-2-804(2) then revokes, on divorce or annulment, any revocable disposition to the former spouse or to a relative of the former spouse, any provision conferring a power of appointment on them, and any nomination of them as personal representative, executor, trustee, conservator, agent or guardian. It also severs a joint tenancy with right of survivorship held by the former spouses into a tenancy in common. Utah Code 75-2-804(5) revives those provisions if the couple remarries or the divorce is nullified.

A Signing That Missed a Step

An execution challenge argues the document never satisfied Utah Code 75-2-502(1): a writing, signed by the testator or in the testator's name by another individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction, and signed by at least two individuals who each signed within a reasonable time after witnessing the signing or the testator's acknowledgment. Utah Code 75-2-502(2) then validates a holographic will with no witnesses at all when the signature and material portions are in the testator's handwriting. Utah will requirements walks through every route a Utah will can take to validity.

Two provisions blunt this argument more than families expect. Utah Code 75-2-505(2) says the signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any provision of it, so a witness who inherits keeps the gift. And Utah Code 75-2-503 treats a non-compliant document, or a writing added upon a document, as if it had been executed correctly when the proponent establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent intended it as the will, as a revocation, as an addition or alteration, or as a revival of a formerly revoked will.

Who Has to Prove What

Utah Code 75-3-407(1) splits the work three ways, and it does not put everything on the challenger.

Except where a presumption operates, each party carries the ultimate burden of persuasion on the matters where it carried the initial burden of proof. Where one or more presumptions operate, the section sends the ultimate burden of persuasion to the Utah Rules of Evidence.

Utah Code 75-3-407(2) adds an ordering rule worth planning around. If a will is opposed by a petition to probate a later will that revokes it, the court decides first whether the later will is entitled to probate. If a will is opposed by a petition for a declaration of intestacy, the court decides first whether the will is entitled to probate.

Whether anyone has to put a witness on the stand turns on the self-proving affidavit at Utah Code 75-2-504:

• A will that is not self-proved. Utah Code 75-3-406(1) requires the testimony of at least one attesting witness in a contested case, if that witness is within the state, competent, and able to testify, where evidence concerning execution is needed. Due execution of an attested or unattested will may also be proved by other evidence.
• A will that is self-proved. Utah Code 75-3-406(2) conclusively presumes compliance with the signature requirements, and presumes the other requirements of execution subject to rebuttal, with no witness testimony at all, unless there is proof of fraud or forgery affecting the acknowledgment or affidavit.

A self-proving affidavit closes the signature question and leaves the mental-state grounds untouched.

No-Contest Clauses in Utah

Utah Code 75-2-515 runs one sentence, and it is titled "Penalty clause for contest." A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

Three things follow from the words on the page. The clause reaches other proceedings relating to the estate, not only a direct attack on the will, so a broadly drafted clause can point at more than a testacy petition. The escape hatch is probable cause, and it is measured at the moment of instituting proceedings rather than by the outcome. And the section does not define probable cause, which leaves the standard to Utah case law and to the facts a challenger can document before filing.

The stakes are asymmetric where a clause exists. A beneficiary who files without a defensible basis can forfeit a gift that was otherwise safe. Utah Code 75-1-312 also allows a will to require dispute resolution outside a court of record, so the instrument itself may route the fight to a private process before anyone reaches a judge.

Where the Case Runs and What Happens First

Utah has no separate probate court. Utah Code 78A-5-102(1) gives the district court original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal, and Utah Code 75-1-302 gives that court jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to estates of decedents, including construction of wills and determination of heirs. Utah Code 75-1-201 defines "Court" for probate purposes as any court of record in the state with jurisdiction over the affairs of decedents. Eight judicial districts cover all 29 counties, and Utah probate courts by county lists the courthouse for each.

Venue under Utah Code 75-3-201 is the county where the decedent was domiciled at death. For a decedent not domiciled in Utah, venue is any county where the decedent's property sat at death. Later proceedings stay where the first one happened unless the court transfers the file under Utah Code 75-1-303.

Filing and Notice

Utah Code 75-3-402(1) tells the petition what to contain: a request for an order as to testacy in relation to a particular instrument and determining the heirs, the statements an informal application would carry under Utah Code 75-3-301, and a statement of where the original will sits, whether in the court's possession, attached to the petition, or presented to the court for electronic storage or filing. Where the original is unavailable and no authenticated copy of a will probated elsewhere is attached, Utah Code 75-3-402(2) requires the petition to state the contents of the will and say that it is lost, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable. That subsection is the route for a lost-will case.

The court then fixes a time and place of hearing, and Utah Code 75-3-403(1) sends notice to the surviving spouse, the children and other heirs, the devisees and executors named in any will probated or offered for probate in the county or known to have been offered elsewhere, and any personal representative whose appointment has not terminated. The petitioner also gives notice by publication to unknown persons and to known persons whose addresses are unknown. Utah Code 75-1-401 sets the method, and the petitioner is the party who has to cause it to happen: the clerk posts a copy for the 10 consecutive days immediately before the hearing in at least three public places in the county, one of them the courthouse, and the clerk mails a copy at least 10 days ahead, or a copy is delivered to the person personally at least 10 days ahead. Where an address or identity cannot be found with reasonable diligence, notice runs by publication as a class A notice under Utah Code 63G-30-102 for at least 10 days before the hearing. The court may order a different method or time for good cause shown.

Anyone who opposes the will has to say so on the record. Utah Code 75-3-404 requires any party to a formal proceeding who opposes probate of a will, for any reason, to state the objections in the pleadings.

Objection, Then Mandatory Mediation

The Utah State Courts publish the procedural on-ramp for the ordinary case. Their Informal Probate page names two ways to object to a probate petition: file a written objection before the hearing on form 1005ES, Objection to Appointment of Personal Representative and Request for Hearing, or raise it at the hearing and follow up in writing no more than seven days later. If no written objection lands, the petitioner may file form 1000PR, Request to Submit for Decision, and the court can decide the case without the objection. The same page states that a written objection moves the case into formal probate.

What happens next is unusual enough that most out-of-state summaries miss it. Rule 6-506 of the Utah Code of Judicial Administration, "Procedure for contested matters filed in the probate court," effective November 1, 2020, applies to any matter filed under Title 75 where an objection is made orally or in writing on the record. On the filing of an objection under Rule 26.4(c)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, all probate disputes are automatically referred to the court's Alternative Dispute Resolution program unless the court waives mediation. The rule then sets the schedule:

• Mediation must be completed within 60 days from the date of referral, unless the parties file notice of a different date. See Rule 6-506(2)(C).
• Initial disclosures are due within 14 days after a written objection is filed, under Rule 26.4 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. See Rule 6-506(2)(E).
• The estate or trust pays the mediator where it holds liquid assets and the personal representative, trustee, guardian, or conservator is a mediating party. Otherwise the disputing parties share the cost and may later ask the estate for reimbursement. A party who cannot afford the fee may petition for a waiver, and the ADR Director appoints a pro bono mediator when the court grants one. See Rule 6-506(2)(D).
• Remaining issues go to a pretrial conference with the assigned judge, who sets deadlines for supplemental disclosures, fact discovery, expert disclosures, and trial readiness. See Rule 6-506(2)(I).

So a Utah contest reaches a settlement table by rule rather than by anyone's choice, and it does so on a 60-day clock. That single feature shortens many disputes and explains why a family that walks in expecting a trial date often leaves with a mediation date instead.

On the court's side of the ledger, Utah Code 78A-2-301(1)(a) sets the fee for filing any civil complaint or petition invoking the jurisdiction of a court of record, where no other subsection governs, at $375. Utah Code 78A-2-301(2) then says there is no fee for services or the filing of documents the section does not list or the law does not otherwise provide for, so the clerk's office is the place to confirm the charge for a specific filing. The mediator's fee is separate and allocated by Rule 6-506(2)(D).

The Right to a Jury

Utah Code 75-1-306 gives a party who duly demands one the right to a trial by jury in a formal testacy proceeding, and in any proceeding raising a controverted question of fact on which a party holds a statutory or constitutional jury right. Where no such right exists, or the right is waived, the court may still call a jury in its discretion, and that verdict is advisory only. Appeals run under Utah Code 75-1-308, which applies the equity-case appellate rules except where a jury trial was had as of right.

What Happens If the Contest Succeeds

After the notice period runs, on proof of notice and after any necessary hearing, Utah Code 75-3-409 has the court find that the testator is dead, that venue is proper, and that the proceeding began within the Utah Code 75-3-107 limit, then determine domicile at death, the heirs, and the state of testacy. Any will found valid and unrevoked is formally probated.

If the challenged will falls, the estate passes under an earlier valid will if one exists, and otherwise under Utah intestate succession. A successful contest also reshuffles who serves, since Utah Code 75-3-107(1)(c) frames the proceeding as one to secure appointment of the person with legal priority, and the appointment paperwork that follows is covered in Utah letters testamentary. A contest stretches the calendar for everyone waiting on a distribution, and Utah probate timeline shows what the ordinary schedule looks like before a dispute lands on it.

Before any of that, the questions that decide whether a Utah contest is even available are narrow ones: whether the person filing is an interested person under Utah Code 75-1-201, whether the Utah Code 75-3-107 window is still open, whether the facts line up with one of the grounds Utah Code 75-3-407(1) names, and whether the will carries a Utah Code 75-2-515 penalty clause. A licensed Utah attorney answers all four against the actual documents.

Related Guides

• Utah Will Requirements
• Utah Probate Deadlines
• Utah Probate Guide
• Utah Intestate Succession
• Utah Letters Testamentary
• Utah Executor Duties
• Utah Probate Timeline

Sources:

• Title: Utah Code 75-3-401, Formal testacy proceedings -- Nature -- When commenced. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S401_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-402, Formal testacy or appointment proceedings -- Petition -- Contents (effective 5/9/2017). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S402_2017050920170509.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-403, Formal testacy proceeding -- Notice of hearing on petition. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S403_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-404, Formal testacy proceedings -- Written objections to probate. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S404_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-406, Formal testacy proceedings -- Contested cases -- Testimony of attesting witnesses. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S406_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-407, Formal testacy proceedings -- Burdens in contested cases. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S407_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-409, Formal testacy proceedings -- Order -- Foreign will. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S409_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-412, Formal testacy proceedings -- Effect of order -- Vacation. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S412_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-413, Formal testacy proceedings -- Vacation of order for other cause. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S413_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-3-107, Probate and testacy proceedings -- Ultimate time limit -- Presumption and order of intestacy (effective 5/8/2018). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S107_2018050820180508.html
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• Title: Utah Code 75-3-918, Distribution to a purchaser of interest in a decedent's estate (effective 5/7/2025). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S918_2025050720250507.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-201, Title definitions (effective 5/7/2025). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S201_2025050720250507.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-302, Subject matter jurisdiction. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S302_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-303, Venue -- Multiple proceedings -- Transfer -- Orders and hearings (effective 5/7/2025). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S303_2025050720250507.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-306, Jury trial. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S306_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-308, Appeals. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S308_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-312, Alternative resolution of disputes. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S312_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-1-401, Notice -- Method and time of giving (effective 5/3/2023). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/C75-1-S401_2023050320230503.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-501, Who may make will -- Testamentary capacity (effective 5/7/2025). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S501_2025050720250507.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-502, Execution -- Witnessed wills -- Holographic wills. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S502_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-503, Writings intended as wills. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S503_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-504, Self-proved will. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S504_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-505, Who may witness. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S505_1800010118000101.html
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• Title: Utah Code 75-2-508, Revocation by change of circumstances. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S508_2021050520210505.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-515, Penalty clause for contest. Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S515_1800010118000101.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-1408, Electronic will attested and made self-proving at time of execution (effective 8/31/2020). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S1408_2020083120200831.html
• Title: Utah Code 75-2-804, Revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce (effective 5/5/2021). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter2/C75-2-S804_2021050520210505.html
• Title: Utah Code 78A-5-102, Jurisdiction of the district court -- Appeals (effective 5/6/2026). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78A/Chapter5/C78A-5-S102_2026050620260506.html
• Title: Utah Code 78A-2-301, Civil fees of the courts of record -- Courts complex design (effective 5/6/2026). Publisher: Utah State Legislature. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78A/Chapter2/C78A-2-S301_2026050620260506.html
• Title: UCJA Rule 6-506, Procedure for contested matters filed in the probate court (effective 11/1/2020). Publisher: Utah State Courts, Code of Judicial Administration. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=ucja&rule=6-506
• Title: Informal Probate. Publisher: Utah State Courts. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://www.utcourts.gov/en/self-help/case-categories/probate/informal-probate.html
• Title: Life Planning and Probate. Publisher: Utah State Courts. Publication Date: Accessed 2026-08-28. URL: https://www.utcourts.gov/en/self-help/case-categories/probate.html

This page describes Utah's will contest procedure as the statutes and court rules state it. It is not legal advice.