Testamentary or Contractual Capacity Case: Testamentary
Will Type or Trust: Holographic
Parallel Cite: 2005 WL 913122
Docket Number: 01-03-01008-CV
Outcomes
English Speaking Testator: Yes
Formalities / Solemnities - Summary: Held that handwritten page containing decedent's signature was not part of same document as six-page letter describing intended disposition of decedent's estate. Therefore, the pages did not constitute a valid will and the COA did not have to reach the issue of whether the handwritten pages expressed testamentary intent.