In the following problems:
Draft a shorthand or broad statement of the issue.
Draft a comprehensive or narrow statement of the issue in the relevant law + legal question + key facts format. For the law component in problems A through C, use either the relevant section of your state's probate code or New Wash. Prob. Code § 60, Exception Pertaining to Holographic Wills. Assume this statute applies to all the fact situations presented in problems A through C. For each problem, draft the issue twice. One draft should contain the title or a description of the title. One draft should contain the title or description and the citation.
Part A
Key Facts: A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. The will is properly witnessed. Question: Is the will valid?
PartB
Key Facts: A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. It is witnessed by three witnesses, two of whom will inherit under the will. Question: Is the will valid?
PartC
Key Facts: A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. A witness, at the direction of the testator, signed the testator's name. The will was properly witnessed.
Question: Is the will valid?