KRS 394.235: Proof of will where witnesses unavailable.

When it appears to the court that a will cannot be proven as otherwise provided by law

because one (1) or more or all of the subscribing witnesses to the will, at the time the will

is offered for probate, are serving in or present with the Armed Forces of the United

States or as merchant seamen, or are dead or mentally or physically incapable of testifying

or otherwise unavailable, the court may admit the will to probate upon the testimony in

person or by deposition of at least two (2) credible disintereste d witnesses that the

signature to the will is in the handwriting of the person whose will it purports to be, or

upon other sufficient proof of such handwriting. The foregoing provision shall not

preclude the court, in its discretion, from requiring in addi tion, proof of such other

pertinent facts and circumstances as the court may deem necessary to admit the will to

probate.