Sentences with phrase «sufficient testamentary»

The Proposed Act must also include safeguards aimed at confirming that testators possess sufficient testamentary capacity at the time of executing an electronic will.

A will can be challenged on the basis that the deceased lacked sufficient testamentary capacity, and did not know what they were doing when the will was made.

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Apart from the house, Kay had only about $ 3,200 — not nearly sufficient funds to pay the approximately $ 195,000 in testamentary gifts set out in her will.

Proposed plans include: · Introducing a power to dispense with the formalities for a will, to allow courts to recognise wills where the deceased's testamentary intentions are clear; · Enabling electronic wills provided that there is sufficient protection for testators against fraud and undue influence; · The creation of a separate doctrine of testamentary undue influence; · Bringing the test for testamentary capacity within the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to take into account modern understanding of conditions like dementia; and · Reducing the age at which a will can be made to 16.