In Re Estate of Foxley

Mues, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Michael Luke Hogan appeals from a decision of the Douglas County Court admitting a purported holographic codicil for probate.

BACKGROUND

On February 8, 1985, the testator, Eileen C. Foxley, executed a valid will. The original will and a photocopy thereof, marked “photocopy” on each page, were in Foxley’s possession. The relevant terms of the will provided that the bulk of Foxley’s estate was to be divided among her six daughters in equal shares. On December 19, 1993, one of Foxley’s daughters died, leaving her only child, Michael Luke Hogan, the appellant, surviving her.

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