Case Title: In re Estate of Blais

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State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 1990-11-01T00:00:00Z

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In re Estate of Blais  ENTRY ORDER SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 89-009 NOVEMBER TERM, 1990 In re Estate of } APPEALED FROM: Raymond A. Blais } } } Washington Superior Court } } } } DOCKET NO. S533-87WnCa In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter: The requirement of signatures of three attesting witnesses for a valid will under 14 V.S.A. { 5 is in accord with the United States Constitution, which leaves to the states to determine the requirements for testamentary transfers. United States v. Fox, 94 U.S. 315 , 321 (1876). The requirement of three witnesses, though less common than the requirement of two, is a matter of legislative, not judicial, concern. See In re Wilson's Estate, ___ N.H. ___, ___, 402 A.2d 197, 198 (1979). Affirmed. BY THE COURT: Frederic W. Allen, Chief Justice Ernest W. Gibson III, Associate Justice [ ] Publish John A. Dooley, Associate Justice [ ] Do Not Publish James L. Morse, Associate Justice Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice (Ret.), Specially Assigned