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Video Will / Video Living Will

Often overlooked by estate planning attorneys, the video / video living will can help eliminate some of the problems that can effect the smooth resolution of a contested will. When performed properly by a certified legal videographer, the video / video living will can:

  • Show the mental and physical condition of the testator:
  • The testator can explain their decisions in the will to the camera:
  • Eliminate the question of authorship.

Schiavo Protest photoLiving wills are on many peoples minds today. A video living will would be hard to challenge when it is read by the testator or testatrix and recorded to video. A properly executed video living will would have eliminated all the doubt about what Terri Schiavo wanted.

Video Living Will

The Terri Schiavo case played itself out on television to a captivated audience. Now University of Florida experts say it could also prompt a big increase not only in advance health-care directives, but also in more people putting their living wills on-tape. Here’s medical ethicist Ray Moseley discussing the future of video living wills.

The links to the right can help you understand the process more and give you some Oklahoma documents related to the subject.

The video will has been tested in courts all over the nation, and it has withstood the test. Let Certified Court Video help you assist your clients with this valuable service.

Reasons to prepare a video will might include:

  • due execution of the will
  • testamentary capacity
  • testamentary intent
  • the contents of the will
  • lack of undue influence or fraud
  • to assist in will interpretation and construction

To increase the chances of successfully using the video in Canon GL-1 photocourt, careful thought and planning should go into preparation for recording the will execution ceremony. Certified Court Video follows a 17 step outline for executing a properly recorded video will.

 

Living Wills Can Ease Family Turmoil
from the Oklahoma Bar Association May, 2006

Oklahoma Advance Directive for Health Care
from the Oklahoma Dept of Human Services

What is Advance Directive?
from the Oklahoma Bar Association
(These links are provided as a courtesy only.)

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