Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Can I draw up a will on regular paper and have it notarized and it be legal until I can actually draw up a formal will?

Asked on 7/21/20, 8:48 am

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Michele Cusack Pollak & Cusack

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A will all in your own handwriting, dated and signed at the end, is legal.

Typed wills must be witnessed, not notarized, in CA.

Answered on 7/21/20, 5:44 pm

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