Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mental Competency

In relation to testamentary instruments, the term means that the testator at the time of executing the instrument , had sufficient act of memory to comprehend, without prompting, the condition of his property , his relations to those who might be his beneficiaries, and to hold these things in mind long enough to perceive their relations to each other and to be able to form some rational judgment in relation to them. See In re Zink’s estate , 113 N. W.2d 420, 15 Wis.2d527.

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