Q: Allow me to ask this (a real case) My cousin who livehd in Baltimore Maryland has died from cancer in 1991 at age 75. H
He has made a will but it seems that upon his death this will was not transmitted to the authority by whoever was entrusted with it.
The will was probably enacted 03.03.2011 (!) . Who is now the legal heir now: the one person --> wife of my cousin ) according to the original will ?
A: The question is not clear as written. Obviously a will written 20 years after someone's death is not valid. Every will in this state must be witnessed by two witnesses who see the Testator sign which helps ensure that a document presented by an heir was actually written by the deceased. If the person died without a will then the law dictates what happens to their estate by means of intestate succession.
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