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WILLS ACT 2000 - SECT 19 Court may make certain orders regarding persons without testamentary capacity

WILLS ACT 2000 - SECT 19

Court may make certain orders regarding persons without testamentary capacity

    (1)     The Court may, on application, make an order under this Division authorising:

        (a)     the making or alteration of a will in the terms approved by the Court; or

        (b)     the revocation of the whole or a part of a will,

for and on behalf of a person who lacks testamentary capacity.

    (2)     An order referred to in subsection (1)(a) may authorise:

        (a)     the making or alteration of a will that deals with the whole or part only of the property of the person; or

        (b)     the alteration of part only of the will of the person.

    (3)     The Court must not make an order under this Division unless the person in respect of whom the application is made is alive when the order is made.

    (4)     The Court may make an order under this Division in respect of a minor.