In re Estate of Lum

Second Division

August 4, 1998

1-97-3533

In re ESTATE OF YUA KEE LUM, ) Appeal from the Circuit

Deceased (Shuk Fan Cheung Lum, ) Court of Cook County,

the Surviving Spouse, ) Probate Division.)

Petitioner-Appellant, )) No. 96 P 6020

v. ))

DAVID LUM, Adm'r, ) Honorable) James W. Kennedy,

Respondent-Appellee). ) Judge Presiding.

Section 4-3 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/4-3 (West 1992)) requires that a will must be "attested" by two credible witnesses to be valid. In this case, Yua Kee Lum, decedent, dictated and signed a hand-written will on May 27, 1996, providing for the disposition of all…