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IN RE ESTATE OF SAUERESSIG

No. S129110.

44 Cal.Rptr.3d 672 (2006)

38 Cal.4th 1045

136 P.3d 201

ESTATE OF Timothy Kirk SAUERESSIG, Deceased. Scott Smith, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Shirley K. Goff, Objector and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Buchberg, Los Angeles, for Petitioner and Appellant.

Hinojosa & Wallet, Lynard C. Hinojosa, Trudi Sabel, Los Angeles, and Andrew M. Wallet for Objector and Respondent.

CORRIGAN, J.

A will that meets statutory requirements is effective upon the testator's death. (Cook v. Cook (1941) 17 Cal.2d 639, 646, 111 P.2d 322 (Cook); Estate of Lopes (1984) 152 Cal.App.3d 302, 305, 199 Cal.Rptr. 425 (Lopes).) Probate Code section 6110 requires a will be signed by two witnesses.1 The question here is whether...

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