HB 1013

Abstract

Uniform Electronic Estate Planning DocumentsAct. Permits electronic nontestamentary estate planning documents,defined in the bill as certain enumerated records relating to estateplanning that are readable as text at the time of signing and arenot wills or contained in wills, to be signed and notarized, as appropriate,by electronic means. The bill provides that such electronic nontestamentaryestate planning documents shall not be denied legal effect or enforceabilityor excluded as evidence in a proceeding solely because such documentsare in electronic form. The bill also allows for the electronic presence,as that term is defined in the bill, of any witness who is otherwiserequired by law to be in the physical presence of the person signingthe nontestamentary estate planning document.