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According to the Supreme Court order, a person must draft the will, sign it in the presence of two witnesses, and have it attested by a notary or gazetted officer.

Ahead of becoming the ruling Frelimo party's presidential candidate he had been a radio and television host, a legal notary, university lecturer and provincial governor before rising to the post of general secretary in Frelimo.

In reviewing banking records and escrow documents, Versoza said he observed a forged power of attorney document bearing Tascon’s name, which also had a fake notary stamp.

“It’s signed in front of local notaries in the United States,” the judge wrote in a decision that was translated into English and filed in the Orange County case.

The signatures of Ms. Presley and of a notary public on some of the documents had been forged, lawyers for Ms. Keough said.