In Re the Estate of Kleinman

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. I would affirm the lower court decision that the handwritten documents prepared by Mary Miles Kleinman (“Mrs. Klein-man”) constituted only memoranda disposing of tangible personal property in furtherance of a provision of her 1986 will, as provided for by section 75-2-513 of the Code, and not separate holographic wills, permitted under section 75-2-503 of the Code. Furthermore, I would affirm the lower court’s conclusion that the gifts of money those memoranda purported to make were void because section 75-2-513 does not permit the disposition…