New Jersey’s Supreme Court is set to decide whether an unsigned copy of a purportedly executed will can be admitted to probate when the original document cannot be found.

In In re Estate of Richard Ehrlich, A-43-12, a Burlington trusts and estates lawyer left behind a probate battle over his own assets. When he died at age 74 in 2009, a 14-page "Last Will and Testament" was found in a drawer in his home, which an appeals court described as "full of clutter and a mess," like his office.

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