In re the Estate of Lewandowski

Christopher C. McGrath, S.

This is another example of the unfortunate result when a layman attempts to prepare his own will without the benefit of the professional advice of a lawyer.

The instrument offered for probate is a stationer’s law blank will form with spaces provided for dispositive provisions which (with one exception hereinafter discussed) were filled with typewritten matter. Following the dispositive provisions on the first page, the decedent signed his name in the presence of a notary public. The back of the first page is blank and on the second page the blank space for the…