What is the testator required to establish a testamentary capacity in a will?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kuo v. Kuo, 2014 BCSC 519 (CanLII):

A testator must have knowledge of the contents of the will and approve of the contents to establish testamentary capacity. As was stated in Vout v. Hay above, at para. 26:

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