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<p class="MsoNormal">What does the Affidavit say? Can it be shown that the testator’s signature on the affidavit was intended as a signature for his will? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.12.020"><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.12.020</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Requisites of wills</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">—</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Foreign
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">(1) Every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or by some other person under the testator's direction in
the testator's presence, and shall be attested by two or more competent witnesses, by subscribing their names to the will, or by signing an affidavit that complies with RCW <a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.20.020"><b><span style="color:#7DAB8A">11.20.020</span></b></a>(2),
while in the presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Williams-Ruth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 05, 2019 2:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Signature on Affidavit, not Will<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am pretty certain the answer will be - it depends - but I have an original Will, it has been witnesses, it has a separate Affidavit that was signed by Witnesses and a Notary. The testator
signed on the Affidavit page BUT NOT on the final page of the Will itself. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone encountered a situation where the Commissioner rejected the document as failing to be properly executed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sadly - there are no page numbers indicating that the entire document is 10 pages, and there are no initials for the pages either. Hoping that because the witnesses names match, this would be
sufficient to show that it was simply an execution error - but curious if anyone has crossed with this before. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <br>
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