In Re Estate of Tolin

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• holding that the decedent's attempted revocation was ineffective, even though the decedent \destroyed a document which `was an exact copy of the fully executed original ... and was in all respects identical to the original except for the original signatures'\
• holding that the decedent’s attempted revocation was ineffective, even though the decedent “destroyed a document which ‘was an exact copy of the fully executed original ... and was in all respects identical to the original except for the original signatures’ ”
• testator’s destruction of a copy of a codicil, rather than the original codicil, was insufficient to revoke the codicil
• testator’s destruction of a copy of a codicil, rather than the original codicil, was insufficient to revoke the codicil
• “[I]t is well settled that strict compliance with the will statutes is required in order to effectuate a revocation of a will or codicil.”

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