Government
Apr. 15, 2019
California can lead the way on electronic wills
California should adopt a simple, modern approach that recognizes the new ways that Californians memorialize their end-of-life wishes.
4th Appellate District, Division 1
Julia Craig Kelety
Associate Justice
Cornell Law School
The creation of wills has a long history in our jurisprudence. Common law jurisdictions have carried forward a number of strict requirements for wills that date back to England's Statute of Wills in 1540.
California has kept pace with reforms that are intended to simplify the process of creating a will, so that a person's testamentary wishes are not thwarted by archaic requirements. It now is possible for a person to write a legally...
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