When the entire body of the will and the signature shall be written in the proper handwriting of the testator, the will may be established by the evidence of at least three (3) credible disinterested witnesses to the handwriting and signature of the testator, notwithstanding there may be no attesting witnesses to the will.
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-25-104
Holographic wills generally
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Edmundson v. Estate of Fountain (2004)
Most recently applied in Marcum v. Gibson (In re Estate of Bond) (April 2019)
Acts 1949, No. 140, § 20; A.S.A. 1947, § 60-404.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.