Meadows v. Beam’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “is fulfilled with a showing that the testator understood that the will had the effect of disposing of her property at the time of her death, was capable of remembering generally what property was subject to disposition by will, was capable of remembering those persons related to her, and was capable of expressing an intelligent scheme of disposition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Stonecipher.

2. “a presumption existed that the will [was] executed with the requisite testamentary formalities, including that [it was] executed by a person apparently with sufficient mental capacity to do so, and [Woods] had a burden to rebut this presumption.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Stonecipher.

3. “in reviewing this question [of the sufficiency of the evidence] in the context of a challenge to a will, a stringent standard must be met in order to set aside a will, as this deprives a person of the valuable right to make a will.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Stonecipher.