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Here is an update on the situation.

I was reviewing the signed agreement and the separate note last night and I realized that they are signed by two different people. I pulled the employee's file to look for a signature to compare and it looks like the agreement was signed by our former employee, but the separate note was written and signed by someone else. I am guessing it was his spouse, but it doesn't matter either way as long as it wasn't written or signed by him, correct?
Well, that makes things very easy and certainly sheds some light on how this came about. He gave the agreement to someone (likely his spouse) to mail and that spouse was a bit ticked off and included a note expressing his/her opinion on the matter. A note provided by someone else (even the employee’s spouse) has no effect on the validity of the agreement and would be worthless in court.