White v. Didricksen

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Maxa, J.

Victor White appeals the trial court’s order declaring that Ray Burton died intestate. RCW 11-.12.020(1) states that wills must be signed by the testator and attested by two witnesses to be valid. White submitted evidence that Burton drafted and signed a document leaving his entire estate to White. The document was signed by one witness, but subsequently was lost. Burton later drafted a second, purportedly similar, document leaving his entire estate to White. That document was signed by a different witness. Richard Didricksen, Burton’s legal heir, challenges the validity of the…