No witness to a holographic will is necessary, but the signature and all its material provisions must be in the handwriting of the testator and the testator's handwriting must be proved by two (2) witnesses.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-1-105
Holographic will
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case In Re Estate of Boote (2005)
Most recently applied in In Re: Estate of Joan Uhl Pierce (July 2016)
Acts 1941, ch. 125, § 5; C
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