Despite their disfavor among estate planners, holographic wills — entirely handwritten by the testator, normally without the aid of a legal "expert" — keep popping up in the news, especially with ...

In Mynard v. Degenhardt, a decedent’s grandson offered a will to probate, and his aunt opposed that admission due to an alleged holographic codicil that allegedly revived a previous will. No.

Wills can be a mess. They’re often used as the driving force for drama in movies and tv shows, but they can be problems in real life too. Relatives can fight over them and they can tear families apart ...

The discovery of handwritten wills in the home of the late Aretha Franklin could ignite a dispute among family members about the estate of the "Queen of Soul." She died last August without a formal ...

Earlier this month, a Michigan jury considered whether handwriting in a spiral notebook found under a couch cushion at singer Aretha Franklin’s home constituted her valid last will. Franklin had ...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the “Queen of Soul,” including one that was discovered under ...