Matter of Estate of Erickson

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Petitioner Tatsumi Misaka challenges a decision by the Utah Court of Appeals reversing a trial court decision that admitted to probate a holographic will written by decedent Robert E. Erickson. In re Estate of Erickson, 766 P.2d 1085 (Utah Ct.App.1988). The court of appeals found that Misaka had failed to prove that Erickson wrote his name with an intent to affix his signature to the instrument, as required by section 75-2-503 of the Code for a valid holographic will. Utah Code Ann. § 75-2-503 (1978); Utah Code Ann. § 68-3-12(2)(r) (Supp.1990). We granted certiorari, and we…