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369 N.J. Super. 1

848 A.2d 1

In Re Ferree

In the Matter of the Probate of the Alleged WILL OF Ronald D. FERREE, Deceased.

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Submitted March 3, 2004.

Decided April 2, 2004.

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · decided 2004-04-02

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently September 2013

3 state decisions

Relies on 369 N.J. Super. 136 - In Re Will of Ferree

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Decided 2004-04-02

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¶1Carton and Associates, Middletown, for appellant Charles Creel (Lawrence A. Carton, III, on the brief).

¶2Patricia A. Bennett, for respondent Michael Ferree.

¶3Before Judges KESTIN, AXELRAD and WINKELSTEIN.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The novel question presented by this appeal is whether the filling in the blanks on a pre-printed will form, signed but not witnessed as required by statute, satisfies the requirements for recognition as a holographic will. The Chancery Division judge held that it does not. He dismissed the complaint seeking admission of the purported will to probate and declared the decedent to have died intestate.

¶6We agree and affirm substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr., in his comprehensive opinion reported at 369 N.J.Super. 136, 848 A.2d 81 (Ch. Div.2003).

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