Legal Opinion
In Re Bem Estate
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 2001No. Docket 221549PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Will contestant Rosemarie Bern appeals as of right the probate court’s order admitting her father’s holographic will. We affirm.
I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On August 15, 1991, Joseph R. Bern, the testator, drafted a two-page will in his own handwriting. Mr. Bern began the will by noting the date and stating, “Being of good health and right mind I write this just in case something should happen to me on the projected trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the Amvets National Convention (5:45 AM Aug. 16 to 10:PM [sic] Aug. 17, 1991).” Mr. Bern appointed his son, will proponent John A. Bern,…
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