HAMPTON ROADS 7TH-DAY ADVEN. CH. v. Stevens

OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

In this appeal, we consider whether a will was subscribed by two witnesses as required by Code § 64.1-49.

The procedural history of this case and the relevant facts are simple and are not in dispute. Cora Lee Watson executed a will on March 12, 1996. After she died, the Hampton Roads Seventh-Day Adventist Church, a beneficiary identified in the will, requested that the clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton admit the will to probate pursuant to Code § 64.1-77. The clerk entered an order denying the request to probate the will because…