Do Signatures Change Over Time?

Friday, 09 January 2026 by

When Signatures Change Over Time: How Dallas Courts Still Identify Forgery

In Dallas, Texas, questions about signatures come up more often than you might think. Wills, contracts, deeds, and business documents all hinge on one small detail — a name written on paper. And one of the first concerns people raise is simple and reasonable: “What if the signature doesn’t look like it used to?”

The short answer is yes — a forensic handwriting expert can still identify a forgery even when a signature has changed over time. In fact, that’s not a complication. It’s part of the job.

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How to Spot A Forged Signature

Thursday, 05 January 2023 by

The answer is: you don’t!

You hire an expert to spot a forged signature. You hire an expert to go to court, talk to the jury, and confirm whether this is or is not a forged signature—this is a striation, this is a dot, and I’ve been doing this for 20 years.

Some people think they can spot a forged signature and that it’s easy. Sometimes, they literally google how to forge a signature. No one’s going to teach you how to forge a signature because that is a crime, so you’re going to have to attempt to do it on your own.

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What to do When someone Forged my Signature on Check?

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 by

You should immediately inform your financial institution of the problem. Follow up by informing the person who issued the check. The individual who gave you the check may get their money back from their financial institution and issue you a new one.

People frequently try to steal money from the bank by stealing checkbooks, forging, and depositing fake checks. If someone has attempted to counterfeit your signature on a check, here are four things you may do to protect yourself.

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What To Do if Your Name is Forged on the Title?

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 by

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Handwriting experts frequently deal with titles, deeds, and contracts where your name or signature has been forged, leaving you without your car or property.

What is a title?

Nowadays, most vehicle and motorcycle titles are printed on a unique document called a title. No matter where you live—in New York, Texas, or California—the state will mail you a title proving that you are the rightful owner. The state will give you a copy if you are the title owner. The title won’t be left in the glove box, will it? Because they’ll get your automobile if someone takes it.

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What do you do if you think someone Forged Your Parents Last Will and Testament?

Saturday, 12 February 2022 by
Last Will and Testament concept

This short article tells you how to deal with the probate court and the possible forgery of your parents’ will. The death of your parents is a difficult time.
You’re probably here because you’ve just lost one of your parents, and now you’re tasked with handling the last will and testament.
If the signature on the Last Will and Testament or those Trust documents doesn’t look authentic, this article is for you.

My name is Bart Baggett and I founded Handwriting Experts Inc over 25 years ago to help people just like you. We specialize in probate cases, involving signatures, trusts, deeds, and wills.


Oftentimes, it is in the case where someone has passed away and the entire estate rest in the hands of the probate court judge. If a judge decides that this is what your parents wanted, your parent’s house, cards, jewelry, and the entire estate can be handed to the idiot step-child.
It’s our burden to figure out our parents’ estate and handle all the details. And unfortunately, it’s really, really common for brothers, sisters, uncles, and even caregivers to forge wills and try to take everything— and I mean everything!
So, you’re not alone in this situation. And I know it’s confusing. If you’re not an attorney, then this will be very helpful for you. I’ll walk you through how we work with probate cases and how a court-qualified handwriting expert can help you during the process.
At Handwriting Experts Inc., we are forensic document examiners. We require authenticated handwriting samples and signatures of the decedent (your mom or your dad who has passed away… and we determine if indeed the will for this person has been forged.

Here are the steps we follow to determine if a Last Will and Testament has been forged.

  1. Is there a document with the original, or “wet”, signature?

Often times in a probate case, there’s an actual wet signature (pen and ink original) sitting at the courthouse under lock and key. But that’s not always true. If it’s possible to get access to that will, one of our experts will personally go to the courthouse with a microscope and a camera to inspect it professionally. At the courthouse, a forensic document examiner will take photographs of the document in question and confirm whether or not a human being’s handwriting wrote and signed the will. Sometimes color photocopies can look like wet ink, but it is not the same under a microscope. See the graphic below. One photograph is a color printout, the other is a blue ballpoint pen written by a human hand.

This microscopic image shows the output of a color printer and features red, yellow, and blue dots instead of ink from a ballpoint pen.
This is an authentic wet ink signature shown through a 20 magnification of a microscope. This was written by a human being and a pen. No color computer output was used for the blue ink.

2 Compare the signature on the will with other samples of the decedent’s signature.

Next, we’ll compare those signatures to other samples of your parent’s handwriting—their passport, visa, checkbook, birth certificates, wedding certificates, etc. We’ll look for their known handwriting. Your that’s your job is to find their known handwriting. And then, we will compare them using our skills of handwriting identification to determine authorship.

Write an Official report on the Authenticity of the signature on the will. Has it been forged or not?

We’re handwriting experts. I’ve been doing this for 30 years; I’ll know for sure whether that signature is forged. Even if the parent was really sick, or had Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, we can take all that into consideration. And it’s impossible to slip a forgery past trained eyes.

So, once I or my team does that job, we decide if a forgery happened. If it did, we’ll write a declaration. And if you need, we’ll come to court and testify on your behalf. 

If this is a service that you need, the pricing is on our website.

Whether you deal with me, any of our experts, or any other court-qualified handwriting expert in the country, the process is pretty much the same. In order to prove a forgery in court, you’re going to have to hire a forensic handwriting expert, and they’re going to have to be court qualified. They’re going to have to testify. Otherwise, it’s just your word against his (or her word).

And that’s the process of how you handle the determination of a forgery of a will and testament in court. You simply hire the right forensic document examiner.

If you need our help, please reach out. There are respectable trained handwriting experts at a variety of price ranges at this directory: www.handwritingexperts.com. You can hire any of our professional experts on the website. If you want to hire me directly, go to handwritingexpertusa.com and speak to one of our case managers during your free consultation phone call. Bart Baggett takes cases worldwide. His main offices are in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

We have offices around the country, and we’ll travel to you to help you through this difficult time.  While we know the circumstances for needing our services are not the best, at least you can rest knowing the wishes of your loved one have been fulfilled.

Call Now For a Price Quote On Your Case:
1-800-980-9030 or 323-544-9277
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