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Probate,
Family

Apr. 8, 2020

Likely challenges to improperly executed wills during COVID-19

The present public health emergency presents a unique challenge to estate planning attorneys whose clients wish to execute a will in the near term.

Kathryn E. Kuhn

Weinstock Manion

The present public health emergency presents a unique challenge to estate planning attorneys whose clients wish to execute a will in the near term. Federal guidelines, as well as state and local emergency orders, may prevent practitioners and their clients from following routine best practices that ensure a will is executed in compliance with California's formal requirements.

Specifically, directives to stay home and practice social...

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