Norton v. Hinson

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

This is a probate case. The question presented is whether a will is valid if one of the attesting witnesses was less than eighteen years old when she signed it. The trial court ruled that the will was invalid. Mary Norton, the residual trustee under the will deemed invalid, appeals that ruling. We affirm.

Goldia Sevier Horne died testate at the age of ninety-nine. Soon thereafter, the probate court entered an order probating a typed will Ms. Horne executed on June 24, 1989. About a month later, Mary J. Norton, the decedent’s caregiver of several years, filed a…