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ALTERATION AND REVOCATION OF ELECTRONIC WILLS - 2023 Consultation Summary

28 Feb 2024

Demographics How would respondents alter their electronic will? Prefer to make changes directly in the will By electronic will only By either electronic or traditional paper will By traditional paper will only Prefer to make an entirely new will Responses Respondents were able to choose as many of the options they would prefer. [...] 61% of the responses indicated a preference for having the option either to make changes directly to the will and to make an entirely new will. [...] With regards to preference between electronic and paper formats, 83% of the responses indicated preference for remaining within an electronic format, while the option of having both electronic and paper formats garnered 14% of the total responses. [...] I would revoke my old electronic will through some action of destruction, like deleting the file, destroying the hard drive the electronic will as stored on, or burning, tearing, etc...a paper copy of the old electronic will. [...] I would have to delete it in front of a witness and perhaps even a lawyer, and a new document should be created and made legal, stating the will was destroyed and whether or not there is a replacement.” “I would keep my paper will, and not make an electronic will.” How would respondents destroy a paper copy of their electronic will if they wanted to revoke it? I would print a paper copy of my elec.
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