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TRUITT v. SLACK

No. 727, Sept. Term, 2000.

768 A.2d 715 (2001)

137 Md. App. 360

Teresa TRUITT, v. Clinton A. SLACK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dale Slack.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Brown, III, Newark, DE, for appellant.

Joseph J. Mahoney, Elkton, for appellee.

Argued before SONNER, DEBORAH S. EYLER, and JOHN J. BISHOP (retired, specially assigned) JJ.

SONNER, Judge.

Section 4-102 of the Estates and Trusts Article provides that to be valid, a will must be in writing, signed by the testator, and attested and signed by at least two witnesses. Md.Code (1991 Repl.Vol.) Est. & Trusts § 4-102. In this appeal, we are asked whether Dale Slack executed a valid will, with proper attestation, when he asked his neighbor and her daughter to sign a handwritten will only a few hours before he committed suicide. The Orphan...

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