Holographic Will Example: Widower With Adult Children (Arizona)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FRANK EDWARD DELGADO 1. Declaration and revocation. I, Frank Edward Delgado, of 842 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, revoke all prior wills and codicils that I have made, as permitted by A.R.S. section 14-2507. 2. Personal data and capacity. I was born on January 5, 1949, in Tucson, Arizona, and I hold Arizona driver license D02237781. I am of sound mind and over eighteen years of age. I have written and signed this whole document in my own hand, so that it operates 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. My wife, Elena Delgado, died in 2023. I have three adult children: Marcos Delgado of Tucson, Beatriz Delgado Ramos of Sahuarita, and Andrew Delgado of Phoenix. 4. Appointment of heirs. I give the residue of my estate, including my house on North Campbell Avenue and my accounts at Vantage West Credit Union, in equal shares to my three children named above. 5. Specific legacies. I give my Hamilton railroad pocket watch to my grandson, Diego Ramos. I give my collection of Ted DeGrazia prints to my daughter, Beatriz. I give fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona in Tucson. 6. Substitute heirs. If any child does not survive me by thirty days, that child's share passes to his or her own children in equal parts, and if there are none, to my surviving children. 7. No spousal claim. My wife has died, and Arizona provides no elective share, so my estate passes exactly as I have directed above. 8. Personal representative. I nominate my son, Marcos Delgado, as personal representative to serve without bond, and my daughter, Beatriz Delgado Ramos, as alternate. 9. Funeral wishes. I wish to be buried beside my wife at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson. Signed at Tucson, Arizona, on [date]. [signature: Frank Edward Delgado] Note: In Arizona a holographic will needs no witnesses, but it is valid only if the signature and all material provisions are in the testator's own handwriting (A.R.S. section 14-2503).