Signatures on Contracts

Contracts are signed everyday.  What 'seals the deal' on contracts is still a person's signature.  In this generation, signatures are still created with pen in hand.  Quit Claim Deeds are still signed and notarized.  Last Wills and Testaments are still signed and notarized.  Car dealerships still have an individual sign.  Real Estate deals still have an individual sign.  A person's signature is still one of the most important things we maintain that speaks to our individuality.  One guard against forgery or the simulation of a person's signature is to craft a signature that is complex enough that it becomes difficult to simulate.  It is very important that when a signature goes on a contract that it is individualized and complicated.  Everyone has their own skill level in writing.  A person can write below their skill level but they cannot write above their skill level.  If you would like to craft a signature that becomes harder for someone to simulate, contact me.
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Brenda Petty, Forensic Document Examiner

One of the most interesting fields I have participated is that of a Forensic Document Examiner.  It is always exciting and intriguing. For the individual who has found themselves in a situation in which they need a document examiner, it can be a very frustrating, emotional, and even anger producing situation.  Let me be the calm in the midst of your storm and help you find a way through the negative emotions to a positive outcome.  Call me 580-467-4786.

Holographic Wills

A Holographic Will is a handwritten will.  It is to be written by the individual person, dated and signed by that person.  The Will cannot contain the handwriting of any other individual than the person whose name is on the Will.  Within the last year, I have received three different Holographic Wills to examine.  Two of these Wills were suspicious and one I believe was written by the individual.  Greed never ceases to amaze me.  The suspicious Wills contained either handwriting that completely deviated from that individual's handwriting or it contained questionable writing in parts of the Will and in the signature.  The Wills also were written to completely exclude members of the family and only leave something to certain ones or completely excluding everyone but one individual.  In court, the judges who gave a ruling regarding the suspicious Holographic Wills, ruled they were not allowed and then made fair decisions to divide things between all of the family members which previous Wills presented evidenced.  A Forensic Document Examiner can help families who have found themselves in this situation.  Call me today:  580-467-4786  www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com

Is There Proof That Handwriting Is Individual?

Sargur N. Srihari is a computer scientist and educator who has made progress with pattern recognition and developed software known as Cedar-Fox (granted a U.S. Patent in 2009) used by the US Postal Office primarily for handwritten address systems.  Srihari’s work on the individuality of handwriting has been cited in Daubert and Frye standard hearings in the United States and cleared the way for admitting handwriting evidence into the court system. 


Handwriting experts through looking and examining hundreds and thousands of samples of handwriting and through training know that there are defined differences in individual's handwriting.  Some differences are not noticed by untrained eyes but trained eyes notice things that others would by-pass.  Also it is known that there are individuals who have 'form blindness' and cannot observe differences in writing.  In training to be a handwriting expert, one of the first 'tests' given is to discover if that person has 'form blindness'.  Unfortunately, 'form blindness' tests are not given in the courtroom to judges, attorneys and jurors and it is up to the handwriting expert to present a well-defined report with exhibits in order to substantiate their opinion to the court. 


The Fathers of Document Examination have long held to the opinion that handwriting is individualized and now through the use of computer software their opinion is being validated.  Another area that is validating individuality are the use of brain scans using MRI's.  These brain scans now illustrate how the brain, muscles and nerves function together just as handwriting experts have always explained that they do.  


Brenda Petty
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com

 

I Didn't Sign That

It happens daily across the world.  Someone finds a document that has their name on it but they know they didn't sign it.  Emotions like anger, fear and confusion flood their minds.  Call me, I can help.  I am a certified forensic document examiner.  I can compare known handwriting to the questioned document and reach an opinion if the signature is genuine.  Call me today!  580-467-4786

That Is Not My Signature

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Our signature becomes part of who we are.  It is common knowledge that our fingerprints are different than any other person's fingerprints.  What isn't common knowledge is that our signatures can be as individualized as fingerprints.  One of the best defenses against identity theft is to graft a signature that is individualized and difficult to assimilate. 

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