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

As an estate planning attorney, I often get questions about wills and how they work in handling a person\u2019s estate. One of the questions I frequently get is whether a person can create their own last will and testament<\/a> and whether if they do this it will be valid.<\/p>\n

To be clear, Idaho does accept holographic wills. A holographic will is a written will that is created by the individual who is signing it. To be holographic, the signature and material provisions of the will must be in the handwriting of the person signing it.<\/p>\n

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