MATTER OF ESTATE OF JOHNSON

1 CA-CIV 4656.

129 Ariz. 307 (1981)

630 P.2d 1039

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Arnold H. JOHNSON, Deceased. Barton Lee McLAIN and Marie Ganssle, Petitioners-Appellants, v. John Mark JOHNSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Arnold H. JOHNSON, Deceased, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1981.

Review Denied June 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martinez, Curtis, Goodwin, Karasek & Haddy by David J. Karasek, Phoenix, for petitioners-appellants.

Kunz & Waugh, Ltd. by Donald R. Kunz, Phoenix, for respondent-appellee.


OPINION

WREN, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether the handwritten portions on a printed will form, submitted to the trial court as a holographic will, were sufficient to satisfy the requirements of A.R.S. § 14-2503 that the material provisions of such a will must be entirely in the handwriting of the testator.

Arnold H. Johnson, the decedent, died on January 28, 1978 at the age of 79. One of his sons, John Mark Johnson, was...

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