Author(s)

Yuhong Meng ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610051, Sichuan, China

Corresponding Author

Yuhong Meng

ABSTRACT

The electronic will is a way for the testator to deal with the property distribution after his death through a new social platform supported by the Internet and a professional will website, which is an important embodiment of the development of the Internet. Compared with the traditional will, the electronic will has more space for development, and its advantages of efficiency, convenience and concealment are widely favored. The combination of Internet technology and wills is of great significance to effectively save social resources and guarantee the freedom of wills. In view of the lack of clear provisions on electronic wills in Chinese laws and judicial interpretations, in practice, courts will strictly abide by the formal requirements of wills and thus deny the legal validity of electronic wills. It is of great significance to explore the effect of electronic will and promote its legalization and application for maintaining judicial credibility and realizing the freedom of will.

KEYWORDS

Will form; Electronic will; Palliation of will form

CITE THIS PAPER

Yuhong Meng, Study on the legal validity of electronic will. Science of Law Journal (2023) Vol. 2: 5-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2023.020702.

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