![]() In will contests, a handwritten will receives no credence whatsoever if it doesn’t meet any of the other formal requirements, and the person advocating for that will is all but certain to lose his or her case. Taking a more cautious approach, Minnesota courts simply refuse to recognize holographic wills. Proponents of holographic wills say that it would be very difficult for a person to forge another’s handwriting so well and so consistently that a fake holographic will would pass for the real thing. In some states, a holographic will serves as an exception to the general rule that wills are formal documents that must be signed in the presence of witnesses. A holographic will is actually a will written in the handwriting of the person making the will, known as the testator, and then signed and dated by the testator. ![]() Even Minnesota residents who have heard of a holographic will may not know exactly what this kind of document is. ![]()
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