Holographic Will Example: Divorced With No Children (Arizona)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DIANE MARGARET HOLLOWAY 1. Declaration and revocation. I, Diane Margaret Holloway, of 2418 East Coronado Road, Phoenix, Arizona, revoke all prior wills and codicils that I have made, in accordance with A.R.S. section 14-2507. 2. Personal data and capacity. I was born on March 9, 1968, in Prescott, Arizona, and I hold Arizona driver license D08452317. I am of sound mind and over eighteen years of age, and I make this will freely and without pressure from anyone. I am writing this entire document, and signing it, in my own hand, so that it takes effect as a holographic will under A.R.S. section 14-2503, which requires no witnesses when the signature and the material provisions are in my own handwriting. 3. Family status. I am divorced and I have no children and no other descendants who could claim under Arizona intestacy. 4. Appointment of heir. I give my entire estate, including my condominium at the above address, my accounts at Desert Financial Credit Union, and my 2020 Subaru Outback, to my brother, Gregory Alan Holloway, of Flagstaff, Arizona. 5. Specific legacies. I give my grandmother's diamond ring and my piano to my niece, Sophia Holloway. I give ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix, to support its meal programs. 6. No spousal claim. Because I am divorced, no spouse takes any share of my estate, and Arizona recognizes no elective share against a testator's separate estate. 7. Substitute heir. If my brother does not survive me by thirty days, I give his share to his daughter, my niece Sophia Holloway. 8. Personal representative. I nominate my brother, Gregory Alan Holloway, as personal representative, to serve without bond. If he cannot serve, I nominate my friend Carol Whitfield of Tempe, Arizona. 9. Funeral wishes. I wish to be cremated and my ashes scattered near Watson Lake in Prescott. Signed at Phoenix, Arizona, on [date]. [signature: Diane Margaret Holloway] Note: In Arizona a holographic will is valid without witnesses only if the signature and all material provisions are in the testator's own handwriting (A.R.S. section 14-2503).