{"id":7884,"date":"2018-06-12T10:02:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2018-06-12T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:02:59","slug":"toms-v-davies-what-constitutes-a-valid-will-in-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/toms-v-davies-what-constitutes-a-valid-will-in-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMS v. DAVIES – WHAT CONSTITUTES A VALID WILL IN IDAHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

Many times in my nearly 20-year career as a Idaho estate planning attorney I\u2019ve had clients come to me and talk with me about how they can create a valid last will and testament<\/a> in Idaho. During many of these meetings clients often bring to me the documents that they created from online services or from software kits that they purchased from an office supply store. Sometimes these documents are signed and sometimes they are not. Most regularly, these documents are not properly witnessed or notarized. When this happens, I have to tell my clients that the document they presented to me is not a valid last will and testament in Idaho.<\/p>\n

To help you understand what creates a valid will in Idaho this blog will review the Toms v. Davies case which was decided by the Idaho Court of Appeals in 1995. Even though this case is over 20 years old it still provides a good deal of insight as to what creates a valid written last will and testament in Idaho, and how witnesses are important.<\/p>\n

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