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IN RE ESTATE OF LUM

No. 1-97-3533.

699 N.E.2d 1049 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 791

232 Ill.Dec. 864

In re ESTATE OF Yua Kee LUM, Deceased (Shuk Fan Cheung Lum, the Surviving Spouse, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David Lum, Adm'r, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bahtiar Hoxha, Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., Chicago (Barry A. Feinberg and Daniel F. Marren, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.

Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 4-3 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/4-3 (West 1992)) requires that a will must be "attested" by two credible witnesses to be valid. In this case, Yua Kee Lum, decedent, dictated and signed a handwritten will on May 27, 1996, providing for the disposition of all his property upon his death. The will was never signed by any witnesses, although decedent had the will notarized by Wol Ju Mendoza the next...

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