Malloy v. Smith

Former RCW 11.12.0401 permits a testator to partially revoke her will without observing the formalities for executing a new will. The courts give effect to a testator’s deletions on the face of a will if the deletions do not alter the dispositive scheme so as to constitute a new testamentary disposition. In re Estate of Appleton, 163 Wash. 632, 2 P.2d 71 (1931); In re Estate of Eastman, 61 Wn. App. 907, 812 P.2d 521 (1991); In re Estate of Becklund, 7 Wn. App. 10, 497 P.2d 1327 (1972). In this case, we *71are asked to decide the effect of deletions that substantially-changed the amounts, but not…