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IN RE ESTATE OF MULKINS

No. 1 CA-CIV 1706.

17 Ariz. App. 179 (1972)

496 P.2d 605

In the Matter of the Estate of Frank N. MULKINS, Deceased. Betty May ELKINS, Appellant, v. M.D. MULKINS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1972.

Review Denied July 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Peter Klahr, Phoenix, for appellant.

Ivan Robinette, Phoenix, for appellee.

HATHAWAY, Judge.

We must decide whether a document written by the decedent, Frank N. Mulkins, on a stationer's will form is a valid holograph which can be admitted to probate under the laws of this state.1 The trial judge relying upon In re Bower's Estate, 11 Cal.2d 180, 78 P.2d 1012 (1938) found the document was written by decedent but denied probate because it was written on a printed form. The instrument reads as follows (handwriting...

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