Is Your Maryland Will Valid?

You've drafted a will and made an estate plan.  Great!  But is that will valid?  Every state has its own legal requirements for a will to be property and duly executed, and those requirements must be observed or the will will fail to be admitted to probate by any Court that has jurisdiction. The proper execution of a will in Maryland requires certain specific statutory formalities, including among other things that it be witnessed by two individuals, the testator specifically request that the witnesses sign it and that the witnesses sign in the presence of the testator. Many execution requirements are not commonly known and failure to observe them can invalidate a will.