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Old 02-12-2024, 05:20 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Fuzzy14 View Post
I don't think this is exactly correct. I believe, improperly filling out a do-it-yourself will kit does not operate to make your will a holographic will. A holographic will must be written entirely by your own hand and not generated by way of mechanical processes. Improperly filling out a kit renders it the same in terms of enforceability as an improperly executed formal will prepared by a lawyer.

Arguably, you are better off either doing a proper holographic will or having a formal will prepared by a lawyer, rather than taking the do-it-yourself route and risking stepping in it.

Follow-up note: an improperly signed will is not fatal, it just complicates things a touch.
I had a client who...she got her Father to amend his Will, in the Hospital on his Death Bed.

"My Siblings are contesting it!!"

No way! I can't believe that. You don't say.
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