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In Kentucky you can write a will in your own handwriting. This type of will is known as a holographic will. If you make this kind of will, the entire will needs to be handwritten by you. It must be signed and dated by you as well.

You must sign your will in the presence of two witnesses, and your witnesses must also sign the will. You do not need an attorney to make the will for you, however, an attorney can verify that your will is in fact valid, so that any potential dispute over your will regarding its legal validity will stand up in court.

Proving the Will Unless the will is a ?self-proved will,? it must be proven in court by at least one of the witnesses. A ?self-proved will? is signed by the dece- dent along with two witnesses, all signatures are witnessed by a notary public and it includes certain language required by statute (See KRS 394.225).

No, in Kentucky, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Kentucky allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

What Is a Valid Will? A Kentucky will must be signed by two witnesses. The witnesses cannot be people who are beneficiaries of the will or whose spouses are beneficiaries of the will. The wrong witnesses can make a will invalid and change the amount received by beneficiaries.

If you want to prepare a type-written will at home, you can still do that without an attorney. But a type-written will must have the signature of two witnesses and signed by the testator in the proper place. Using only a Notary Public to witness it does not make it valid.