[WSBAPT] Gut check - capacity test?

[Harkiran Sekhon]

Perhaps it would be helpful to get a letter from H's physician speaking to
his level of capacity and how advanced the dementia/alzheimers is. Seems
like it would be difficult to assess testamentary capacity without that
input.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 9:02 AM Brent Williams-Ruth <
brent at williams-ruthlaw.com> wrote:

> Greetings and Happy Month End (to all invoice billers!) -
>
> Got a call yesterday that scheduled a consultation for next week. What my
> assistant received is that it is a H&W team, but the H has limited language
> ability AND is some stage (not disclosed how advanced) of
> Dementia/Alzheimers.
>
> Without knowing more - just in the basic issue spotting - can someone have
> testamentary capacity if they can only answer yes or no questions.
>
> My concern specifically relates to the fact that they would not be able to
> say things like - everything goes to my spouse or to my kids.
>
> Meeting is slated for next week and want to help if I can - but worried
> that this person is too far gone if they are truly limited in speech to yes
> or no.
>
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