MATTER OF WILL OF ALLEN

No. 227PA17.

821 S.E.2d 396 (2018)

In the MATTER OF the WILL OF James Paul ALLEN, Deceased.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward and Smith, P.A., Winterville, by John M. Martin ; and Ranee Singleton , Washington, for propounder-appellant Melvin Ray Woolard.

Lanier, King & Paysour, PLLC, Greenville, by Jeremy Clayton King and Steven F. Johnson II , for caveator-appellees Hope Robinson and Christian Robinson.


This case presents the question of whether a handwritten codicil that references a provision of a self-proving will is valid. The intent of the testator controls, and the language of the codicil must inform as to that intent. In this case the self-proving will and holographic codicil together clearly evince testamentary intent by...

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