Who may make a will.
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 50 Wash. App. 611 - Lighter v. Marvin (1988)
Most recently applied in 181 Wash. App. 856 - In re the Estate of Alsup (June 2014)
1970 ex.s. c 17 s 3; 1965 c 145 s 11.12.010
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any person of sound mind who has attained the age of eighteen years may, by last will, devise all his or her estate, both real and personal.
All wills executed subsequent to September 16, 1940, and which meet the requirements of this section are hereby validated and shall have all the force and effect of wills executed subsequent to the taking effect of this section.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.