Nevada Code § 137.010

Proceedings preliminary to trial
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1. The Attorney General or any interested
person, including a devisee under a former will, may contest the will by filing
written grounds of opposition to the probate thereof at any time before the
hearing of the petition for probate. Personal notice must then be given by a
citation directed to the heirs of the decedent and to all interested persons,
including minors and incapacitated persons, wherever residing, directing them
to plead to the contest within 30 days after service of the citation in the
manner provided in NRS 155.050 .
2. A person so served may interpose any
defense or objection to the contest by any motion authorized by the Nevada
Rules of Civil Procedure in civil actions. If the motion is granted, the court
may allow the contestant 10 days within which to amend the contest. If the
motion is denied, the petitioner and other interested persons, within 10 days
after the receipt of written notice thereof, may jointly or separately answer
the contest. The times specified in this section may be extended by the court.

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