Question: Joshua has his attorney create a will for him. When it is done, Joshua meets with the attorney and witnesses to execute the will. Joshua

Joshua has his attorney create a will for him. When it is done, Joshua meets with the attorney and witnesses to execute the will. Joshua signs the will in front of the witnesses and a notary. The witnesses then each sign the document in the presence of the other: first Beth, who is seventeen, and then Barbara, who is thirty-two. Then, the notary notarizes the signatures. When the will is probated after Joshua dies, Joshuas daughter Angelica is upset because she does not receive as much of Joshuas estate as she expected to receive. If Angelica petitions to have the will invalidated based on Beth and Barbara witnessing the will, her efforts will:

A. fail because the lack of effective witnesses is not a valid reason for a will contest.

B. be successful because more than two witnesses are required to validly witness a will.

C. fail because the witness requirements for validating a will were fulfilled.

D. be successful because Beth was under eighteen at the time she witnessed the will.

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