In what circumstances will a testator be required to understand the provisions of a will?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kaptyn Estate, 2008 CanLII 53123 (ON SC):
In saying this, I do not mean to say that the testator must understand the provision of the will in the way that a lawyer would. That is not required. (Pollard Estate v. Falconer and others, supra, at paras. [114] and [115])
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