SOVIET LAW OF INHERITANCE: II

Authors

Vladimir Gsovski, Library of Congress; Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Wills. Neither the Civil Code nor any other statute sets forth any specific requirements for capacity to make a will. Therefore, the soviet jurists deem any person who is generally competent to enter into legal transactions (Civil Code, Section 8) capable of making a will. Thus, minors under the age of eighteen years and persons adjudged unable to manage their affairs because of mental disease or weak-mindedness do not have testamentary capacity. Likewise, a will executed by a testator while "in a state of mind which precluded his understanding the significance of his acts," has no validity (id., Section 3r).

Recommended Citation

Vladimir Gsovski, SOVIET LAW OF INHERITANCE: II, 45 Mich. L. Rev. 445 (1947).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol45/iss4/4