Legal Opinion
In Re the Probate of the Alleged Will of Ranney
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 30, 1991PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
The sole issue is whether an instrument purporting to be a last will and testament that includes the signature of two witnesses on an attached self-proving affidavit, but not on the will itself, should be admitted to probate. At issue is the will of Russell G. Ranney. The Monmouth County Surrogate ordered probate of the will, but the Superior Court, Law Division, Probate Part, reversed, ruling that the will did not contain the signatures of two witnesses as required by N.J.S.A. 3B:3-2. The Appellate Division found that the self-proving…
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