Posts tagged #last will and testament
All PostsFormal Mistake Can Void a Will
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has held that a will drafted by a notary in accordance with the testator’s directives and executed before witnesses is regarded as a private will. As such, it must meet only the form...
OGH on Interpreting Wills
Civil LawThe testator’s actual intention when drawing up their will is decisive for interpreting the will, and this intention ought to be at least somewhat apparent from the wording of the will. In the case at hand, the deceased, who had died in 2022, left a ...