Succession of Maquar

Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.

On 7 February 2000, Lloyd Anthony Maquar. Jr. (hereinafter “the decedent”) departed this life. His probated last will and testament, dated 15 December 1999, left the entirety of his estate to his wife, Denise Ott, the appellee herein, and nothing to his only child, Nia Christine Maquar (“Nia”), the appellant.1 At the time of the execution of the testament, the decedent was unable to sign his name due to physical infirmity. He signed each page of the will with an “X” or similar mark. The final page of the testament contained an attestation clause that read:

The testator,…