                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPEAL FROM ORDER OF CLERK (§ 64.2-445)

Any person interested in the probate of the will may appeal any order entered
pursuant to § 64.2-444 within six months after the entering of such an order,
without giving any bond, to the circuit court whose clerk, or deputy, has made
the order. Upon application for such appeal, the clerk or deputy shall enter
forthwith in his order or will book an order allowing such appeal. The appeal
shall be given precedence on the court&#8217;s docket. The matter shall be heard
de novo by the court and a copy of its final order shall be entered into the
clerk&#8217;s order or will book. At any time after such appeal is allowed, the
court may enter an order for the protection of the persons interested in the
probate of the will or for the protection or preservation of any property
involved as it finds necessary.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 64-74; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-78; 2012, c. 614.