Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
Re a codicil to a last will and testament in California:
Must it be attested to by two people or notarized?
Or either?
Thanks.
Asked on 1/08/10, 9:35 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Jonathan Reich
De Castro, West, Chodorow, Glickfeld & Nass, Inc.
Unless it is a holographic codicil (i.e. entirely in the handwriting of the testator) it must be executed in just the same fashion as a will, with witnesses.
Answered on 1/13/10, 9:47 am
Michele Cusack
Pollak & Cusack
Right. Just to clarify- two witness, no notary needed.
Answered on 1/13/10, 10:03 am
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