A Florida will execution must follow certain formalities as set forth in the Florida Probate Code. Bitetzakis v. Bitetzakis, — So.3d —-, 2019 WL 405568, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D343. George Bitetzakis died in January 2017. His grandson was appointed personal representative and petitioned to admit George’s September 2013 Last Will & Testament to probate. George’s daughter, Alice, objected to the Will alleging it had not been executed in compliance with the statutory formalities set forth in Florida Statute §732.502. Specifically, Alice alleged that George had not signed the Will within the meaning of the statute. The trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing, during which the following was established through testimony: George, his wife, his friend and his pastor met each week in George’s kitchen for breakfast. (Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the punchline in this case is nothing to laugh at.) On September 26, 2013, George […]