Under New Jersey law, a will must be: (1) in writing, (2) signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other individual in the testator’s conscious presence and at the testator’s direction; AND (3) signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after each witnessed either the signing of the will as stated in (2) or the testator’s acknowledgement of that signature or acknowledgement of the will.
A will may be valid irrespective of whether it is witnessed if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator’s handwriting.
