{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2502","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2502","heading":"Execution; witnessed wills; holographic wills.","body":"Sec. 2502.\n\n(1) Subject to section 1202, and except as provided in subsection (2) and in sections 2503, 2506, and 2513, a will is valid only if it is all of the following:\n\n(a) In writing.\n\n(b) Signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction.\n\n(c) Signed by at least 2 individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he or she witnessed either the signing of the will as described in subdivision (b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will.\n\n(2) A will that does not comply with subsection (1) is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is dated, and if the testator's signature and the document's material portions are in the testator's handwriting.\n\n(3) Intent that the document constitutes a testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for a holographic will, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 700","Act Act-386-of-1998"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-2502","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"6d540440e09d3e2c42e4d674e80f6e684b4f4e1f384debe66420c6b9efca5734","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2501","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.2503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}