Edmondston v. Estate of Fountain

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

This case involves the trial court’s denial of a petition to probate an instrument as the holographic will of Oral W. Fountain. Sharon Kay Edmondston, Mrs. Fountain’s daughter, appeals. Ms. Edmondston argues that the trial court erred because the decedent clearly intended that the instrument she wrote be her last will. We agree, and reverse and remand.

The instrument at issue in this case, a copy of which is attached to this opinion as an Appendix, was written entirely by the decedent, Mrs. Oral W. Fountain, and was signed by her and by two witnesses at her request.…