At a probate ruling early last year, the judge ruled in favour of a different will from 2002, and said that Mr Chan's was a fake.

在去年年初有关遗嘱认证的裁决中，法官判决以一份2002年的遗嘱为准，并说明陈先生的遗嘱是伪造的。

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The judge of a probate court in some states of the united states.

合议庭由院长或者庭长指定审判员一人担任审判长。

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"The message is this: We are coming back, " Tuscaloosa County Probate Judge Hardy McCollum said during the Friday ceremony.

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They initially won an order from a probate judge in September to freeze the lottery check, asserting his widow tried to cash it.

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This settlement was approved by the probate judge, after a series of court hearings to determine if the settlement was appropriate, in early 2009.

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