In re Estate of Field

Gardner, J:

*1221 After a nine-day trial to the court at which testimony from over 30 witnesses and over 300 exhibits were admitted, the district court denied Wanda Oborny's attempt to admit a codicil to probate. A codicil is a supplement or postscript to a will. In re Estate of Heilig , 211 Kan. 608 , 608, 506 P.2d 1147 , 1147 (1973).

*317 The district court found that the purported codicil had been signed by Oborny, or someone at her behest, instead of by the person who died and whose signature appeared to be on it-Earl O. Field-Oborny's employer. Accordingly, the purported codicil was invalid and…