Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New York
Nana's Will Has No Signature--Is It Valid?
My grandmother died recently, and the will was just found the other day. It is typewritten, a lawyer is named as the executor, and there are two witnesses signatures (not mentioned in the will) who testified that my grandmother signed the will in their prescence. However, nowhere in the will can we find my grandmother's signature or the date it was supposed to be signed. We cannot find the lawyer mentioned in the will--he didn't work for a firm, he's not at his address that's on the will, and all searches we've tried come up empty. Is this will still valid?
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Re: Nana's Will Has No Signature--Is It Valid?
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Re: Nana's Will Has No Signature--Is It Valid?
A will must be signed and witnessed in order to be valid. Nana's isn't signed, so it is invalid. Have you considered that this may be a copy and that the original is being held by the attorney/executor. Try the Bar Directory. You can search online for NY lawyers.
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