In the following parts:

• Draft a shorthand or broad statement of the issue.
• Draft a comprehensive or narrow statement of the issue in the relevant law + legal question + key facts format. For the law component in Parts A through C, use either the relevant section of your state's probate code or New Wash. Prob. Code 60, Exception Pertaining to Holographic Wills. Assume this statute applies to all the fact situations presented in Parts A through C. For each part, draft the issue twice. One draft should contain the title or a description of the title. One draft should contain the title or description and the citation.

Part A

Key Facts:A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. The will is properly witnessed.

Question:Is the will valid?

Part B

Key Facts:A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. It is witnessed by three witnesses, two of whom will inherit under the will.

Question:Is the will valid?

Part C

Key Facts:A will is handwritten. One-half is in the testator's handwriting, and the other half is in the handwriting of a witness. A witness, at the direction of the testator, signed the testator's name. The will was properly witnessed.

Question:Is the will valid?