Formalities Required for Witnessed Wills

Every will must be in writing and every will, other than a holographic will, must be executed and attested as follows:

(a)It must be subscribed at the end thereof by the testator himself, or it must be subscribed by some person in the testator's presence and by the testator's direction. A person who subscribes the testator's name, by the testator's direction, should write his own name as a witness to the will, but a failure to do so will not affect the validity of the will.

(b)The subscription must be made, or the testator must acknowledge it to have been made by the testator or by the testator's authority, in the presence of both of the attesting witnesses, present at the same time.

(c)The testator, at the time of subscribing or acknowledging the instrument, must declare to the attesting witnesses that it is his will.

(d)There must be at least two

(2)attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign the instrument as a witness, at the end of the will, at the testator's request and in the testator's presence. The witnesses should give their places of residence, but a failure to do so will not affect the validity of the will.