testamentary capacity

testamentary capacity
The capacity to accomplish the purpose of making a valid will as determined objectively from the standpoint of the purpose. The capacity of a person making a will to know the natural objects of his bounty, to comprehend the kind and character of his property, to understand the nature and effect of his act, and to make a disposition of his property according to some plan formed in his mind. Re Hagan, 143 Neb 459, 98 NW2d 794, 154 ALR 573. A testator is of sound and disposing mind and memory, and hence, competent, if at the time of making his will, he has sufficient mental capacity to understand the nature of the act he is doing, to understand and recollect the nature and situation of his property, and to remember and understand his relations to persons who have claims upon his bounty and whose interests are affected by the provisions of the instrument. In re Smith's Estate, 200 Cal 152, 252 P 325. Testamentary capacity includes a recollection of the persons related to him by ties of blood and affection, and of the nature of the claims of those who are excluded from participating in his estate. 57 Am J1st Wills § 51.

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