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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 26.04
Execution of Ordinary Attested Will (Other Than Holographic or Nuncupative Will)
The Contestant claims that the will is invalid because it was not signed and witnessed in the way the law requires. In order to find that the will was signed and witnessed in the way the law requires, you must decide that each of the following things is more likely true than not true:
(1) the Maker was at least eighteen (18) years old when [he] [she] made the will; and
(2) the will is in writing; and
(3) the will is signed [by the Maker] [by someone other than the Maker who signed the Maker's name in the Maker's presence and at the Maker's request]; and
(4) the will is signed by at least two other persons, each of whom must meet one of these three requirements:
(a) the person saw the Maker sign the will or saw someone other than the Maker sign the will in the Maker's presence and at the Maker's request; or
(b) the Maker either told the person that the Maker signed the will or told the person that someone else signed the will at the Maker's request; or
(c) the Maker told the person that the will was the Maker's will.
If you decide that each of these four things is more likely true than not true, then you must find that the Maker made [his] [her] will in the way the law requires and [return a verdict for the Proponent] [decide some additional things that I will explain to you]. If you decide that any one of these requirements has not been satisfied, then you must return a verdict for the Contestant.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 26.04, dated Revised 1995. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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