Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATE OF THE ALLEGED WILL OF RONALD D. FERREE, DECEASED
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2004-04-02
Citations: 369 N.J. Super. 1
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATE OF THE ALLEGED WILL OF RONALD D. FERREE, DECEASED.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 369
Pages: 1–1

Head Matter:
848 A.2d 1
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATE OF THE ALLEGED WILL OF RONALD D. FERREE, DECEASED.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Submitted March 3, 2004
Decided April 2, 2004.
Before Judges KESTIN, AXELRAD and WINKELSTEIN.
Carton and Associates, attorneys for appellant Charles Creel (Lawrence A. Carton, III, on the brief).
Patricia A. Bennett, attorney for respondent Michael Ferree.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The novel question presented by this appeal is whether the filling in the blanks on a pre-printed will form, signed but not witnessed as required by statute, satisfies the requirements for recognition as a holographic will. The Chancery Division judge held that it does not. He dismissed the complaint seeking admission of the purported will to probate and declared the decedent to have died intestate.
We agree and affirm substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr., in his comprehensive opinion reported at 369 N.J.Super. 136, 848 A.2d 81 (Ch. Div.2003).