<div dir="ltr">No, the testator need not sign the self-proving affidavit. It is not the testator's affidavit, and the will itself is valid without the self-proving affidavit--it's just a question of whether it can be admitted to probate. The affidavit is by the witnesses, not the testator, and can even be prepared at a later time by the witnesses so far as their memories are fresh.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Philip N. Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pjones@duffykekel.com" target="_blank">pjones@duffykekel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Unless I am missing something here (always a possibility), I would be surprised to see legal authority suggesting that the testator needs to sign the affidavit.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">If anyone has such authority, please send us a copy, or a cite, or something. I will then call my malpractice carrier.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Phil Jones<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings, does the testator have to sign the actual “Self-Proving Affidavit” page that is attached to their Will in order for it to be self-proving or can just the witnesses
sign that page and have it notarized. My “research” has come up with conflicting answers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks.
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