Wills made during COVID-19 challenged by courts
Documents signed electronically are being ruled invalid, forcing people to redo them to avoid problems.
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Documents signed electronically are being ruled invalid, forcing people to redo them to avoid problems.
News by Kay Dibben Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland court has considered the first case of a will signed under special COVID-19 legislation, allowing people in hospital to have wills witnessed by audio visual link. Stan Sheehan, who died, aged 70, at Gold Coast University Hospital on December 1, attempted to execute a will from his hospital bed a month earlier, but failed to sign one page. Although wills made under normal circumstances do not have to be signed on every page, that was required under COVID-19 Emergency Response legislation for wi...
News by Kay Dibben Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland court has considered the first case of a will signed under special COVID-19 legislation, allowing people in hospital to have wills witnessed by audio visual link. Stan Sheehan, who died, aged 70, at Gold Coast University Hospital on December 1, attempted to execute a will from his hospital bed a month earlier, but failed to sign one page. Although wills made under normal circumstances do not have to be signed on every page, that was required under COVID-19 Emergency Response legislation for wi...
News by Kay Dibben Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland court has considered the first case of a will signed under special COVID-19 legislation, allowing people in hospital to have wills witnessed by audio visual link. Stan Sheehan, who died, aged 70, at Gold Coast University Hospital on December 1, attempted to execute a will from his hospital bed a month earlier, but failed to sign one page. Although wills made under normal circumstances do not have to be signed on every page, that was required under COVID-19 Emergency Response legislation for wi...
News by Kay Dibben Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland court has considered the first case of a will signed under special COVID-19 legislation, allowing people in hospital to have wills witnessed by audio visual link. Stan Sheehan, who died, aged 70, at Gold Coast University Hospital on December 1, attempted to execute a will from his hospital bed a month earlier, but failed to sign one page. Although wills made under normal circumstances do not have to be signed on every page, that was required under COVID-19 Emergency Response legislation for wi...