Anna wants to create a will indicating that her favorite grandchild,Jesse,will inherit her house.Anna takes an ordinary sheet of paper and,in her own handwriting,states that it is her intent to leave her house to Jesse when she dies.She dates and signs the will,but there are no witnesses to it.Anna then tells her entire family about the will.Anna lives in a state where holographic wills are recognized,but nuncupative wills are not.Will Anna's will be recognized and followed?

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Holographic wills are wills that are written and signed in the testator's handwriting.For a holographic will to be valid in the states that recognize them,it must evidence testamentary intent and must actually be handwritten by the testator.

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