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Facts: Lisa decided to change her will. Her attorney drafted a new will and brought it to her home. Lisa was extremely ill and confined to her bed. She was too ill to sign the will but she directed her neighbor, Beth, to sign for her. Before Beth signed, Lisa passed out. Beth signed the will for Lisa. Two witnesses were present and saw Beth sign. After Lisa regained consciousness, the witnesses witnessed the will.
Statute: Colorado Revised Statute § 15-11-502 provides: (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section . . . a will shall be: (a) In writing; (b) Signed by the testator, or in the testator’s name by some other individual in the testator’s conscious presence and by the testator’s direction; and (c) Signed by at least two individuals either prior to or after the testator’s death, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed, in the conscious presence of the testator, either the signing of the will as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) or the testator’s acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will. (2) A will that does not comply with subsection (1) of this section is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator’s handwriting.
PART 2: Research DELAWARE’S statute regarding the signing and witnessing of wills. Provide the proper citation format for the statute and a brief summary of the statute. Review the “Facts” again, as they relate, now, to the state of DELAWARE, and explain whether the issue regarding the validity of the will is different from that which you identified in Part 1 of this assignment. Fully explain your answer as to why or why not.
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