Matter of Estate of Royal

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

In this will contest, Waynetta Neal, daughter of decedent, Clarence Royal, appeals from the summary judgment denying probate of decedent’s purported will. In entering that judgment, the trial court ruled that because the instrument did not bear signatures of attesting witnesses and was not a holographic will, it was not duly executed in accordance with § 15-11-502, C.R.S. (1987 Repl.Vol. 6B). We affirm, but on different grounds.

Three months before his death, decedent dictated a purported will to Neal, who was visiting from Texas, in the presence of two neighbors.…