Wills - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity.

25 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Challenges to wills on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity and/or undue influence are likely to increase over the next generation. Since contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity can be a powerful influence on the ... Read more...

Medical reasons for retrospective challenges of testamentary capacity.

29 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to establish the morbidity structure among testators whose wills were challenged as well as to reveal if there is a specific relationship between certain diagnostic categories in the testators' health status and ... Read more...

Handwriting as a gauge of cognitive status: a novel forensic tool for posthumous evaluation of testamentary capacity.

18 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To provide an objective way to analyze handwriting, and to test its reliability and correlation with mental deterioration. Handwriting may give clues to the cognitive status of the writer, thus its analysis might be helpful, for example, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Wills - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. 25 Mar 2009
• The momentum of posthumous conception: a model act. 30 Dec 2008
• Medical reasons for retrospective challenges of testamentary capacity. 29 Nov 2008
• Handwriting as a gauge of cognitive status: a novel forensic tool for posthumous evaluation of testamentary capacity. 18 Sep 2008
• Seven reasons to consider a trust. 30 Aug 2008
• NY: Should nurses witness patients' wills? Employer's rules may prohibit witnessing wills. 30 Aug 2008
• [Inheritance rights fo the child born from post-mortem fertilization] 29 Jun 2008
• [Preparation and execution of advance directives and enduring powers of attorney] 30 Dec 2007
• [Psychiatric-psychological opinions in cases of declaration of will invalidation with emphasis on assessment of discretion] 30 Dec 2007
• Re: common pitfalls in the evaluation of testamentary capacity. 30 Dec 2007
• Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda. 29 Sep 2007
• [Will it really bring more clarity or more reason for conflict? Patient self-determination soon to be law] 25 Sep 2007
• How to assess capacity to make a will. 19 Jul 2007
• Disaster-proofing your practice. Preparation is key. 29 Jun 2007
• Assessment of testamentary capacity and vulnerability to undue influence. 29 Apr 2007
• Standards and guidelines for willed body donations at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2007. 27 Feb 2007
• Common pitfalls in the evaluation of testamentary capacity. 30 Dec 2006
• [Medico-legal opinions in cases for annulment of testament. Part II. Final conclusions of opinions. Quality of medical documentation. Evaluation of witnesses' testimonies] 30 Dec 2006
• [Medico-legal opinions in cases for annulment of testament. Part I. Characteristics of investigative material. Characteristics of testators] 30 Dec 2006
• Assessment of competency: a primer. 30 Oct 2006

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Technical information about 'Wills'

Definition: Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.

Descriptor UI: D014918

Alternative terms: Wills; Inheritance; Inheritances;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.583.927;

Technical Notes: do not confuse X ref INHERITANCE with HEREDITY