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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 22, 2006

Question 6: Wills & Succession

In 2003, Tom, a patient at Happy Home, a charitable convalescent hospital that specializes in caring for the disabled elderly, asked Lilly, his personal attendant, to help him execute his typewritten will. Tom suffered from severe tremors and had difficulty signing his name. In the presence of one other attendant, Tom directed Lilly to sign his name and to date "my will." She did so and dated the document. At Tom's request, Lilly and the other attendant, in the presence of each...

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