Estate of TAI-KIN WONG, Deceased. XI ZHAO, as Adminstrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. TAI-SHING WONG et al., Contestants and Appellants

40 Cal. App. 4th 1198 · H012397

California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District · Filed December 7, 1995

Holding

The court held that a document reading "All Tai-Kin Wong’s —> Xi Zhao, my best half TKW 12-31-92" did not, as a matter of law, constitute a valid holographic will because it lacked any discernible testamentary intent or direction for the disposition of property.

Statutes construed

EVID § 1410.5
PROB § 6111

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