§58-44.

§58-44.
   
   The testimony of any witness or witnesses admitted at a hearing on a
   petition to probate a will shall be recorded in one of the following
   methods:
   
   (a) filing with the court clerk a written summary of the testimony,
   subscribed and sworn to by each witness in the presence of a judge
   having jurisdiction of probate matters; or
   
   (b) having the testimony taken down verbatim in shorthand, stenotype,
   or any other method approved by the court; or
   
   (c) having the testimony recorded verbatim by a sound recorder
   approved by the court; or
   
   (d) having the testimony recorded verbatim by an official court
   reporter.
   
   If the testimony is recorded by one of the methods described in
   subdivisions (b) or (c), the same shall be transcribed, subscribed and
   sworn to by each witness, and filed with the court clerk. If the
   testimony is recorded by the method described in subdivision (d), the
   same shall be transcribed and certified by the official court reporter
   who took the testimony, and filed with the clerk of the court. Such
   evidence shall be admissible in any subsequent proceedings concerning
   the validity of the will, or the sufficiency of the proof if the
   subscribing witness is dead, or has permanently left this state.