...a relatively wealthy professional decided to plan his own estate, and, using a form which he may have gotten over the Internet or from an unskilled estate planner with whom he may have had previous dealings, drafted his own Will, signed it and had it witnessed. Unfortunately, the format that he used called for only one signature by the witnesses. According to rulings of Indiana’s higher courts in effect at the time, the witnesses were required to sign twice. The Will contained a bequest to our client, a non-relative.
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