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Elise typed a will leaving her house to her nephew, Marco, $50,000 to her neighbor, June, and the residue to her sister. Elise signed the last page in her kitchen while Marco and June watched. Elise then said, "This is my will. Please sign as witnesses." Marco signed immediately. June left to pick up her child, returned the next morning, and signed after Elise again acknowledged that the document was her will. No one else signed. A notary stamp was later added to a separate affidavit, but the notary did not see Elise or either witness sign.
After Elise died, her sister objected that the will was invalid because June did not sign during the same sitting, Marco was a beneficiary, and the self-proving affidavit was defective. The state follows UPC-style execution rules and has no interested-witness purging statute.
Should the will be admitted to probate? Discuss the witness timing, interested-witness, and self-proving-affidavit issues.