Will Compliance: Is There A Need For A More Relaxed Approach?

Most courts currently apply a strict compliance standard for wills. Wills that do not meet the rigid requirements will be invalidated for harmless errors. Mark Glover of the University of Wyoming College of Law asserts that there is a need for reformation from the strict compliance approach. He analyzed how the approach has been affecting the number of genuine wills. This study had shed some light on the benefits of a more relaxed approach.

See Mark Glover The Movement Towards A Lesser Judicial Standard For Due Execution, Wealth Strategies, Nov. 8, 2013.