Q: A man who is a resident of Alabama died . He wrote over his will and crossed out paragraphs manually.
would the will be still valid? he was single he has one half sister a nephew and a niece. who gets what of his estate?
A: You should ask an Alabama attorney. However, i suspect any changes made by hand will not be considered valid and may invalidate the whole document.
Nina Whitehurst agrees with this answer
A: Generally, a will can be changed by putting a single line through the former portion, not obliterating it. Then writing the changes on the pages. But then it should be notarized again. If that was not done the question is, was it a holographic will? That is an Alabama question.
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