Schmitz v. United Bank of Greeley, N.A.

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

In this probate action, Alvin A. and Virginia Schmitz (beneficiaries) appeal from the trial court’s order ruling that four handwritten lists found with the formally executed and attested will of J. Genevieve Harrington (decedent) did not constitute holographic codicils to the will. The trial court ruled instead that the handwritten lists were only memoranda for the disposition of tangible personal property pursuant to § 15-11-513, C.R.S. (1987 Repl.Vol. 6B) and that the lists therefore did not effectively devise $25,000 to beneficiaries. We agree and, therefore,…