The Assessment of Testamentary Capacity Viewed from the Perspective of the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

<p id="p1">With Article 12 UNCRPD, the Convention changed the paradigm from &lsquo;substituted decision-making&rsquo; to the principle of &lsquo;supported decision-making&rsquo; for people with disabilities. Is it possible to devise a universal concept for decisional competence? Can or should testam...

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Autor principal: Geld, Lucienne van der
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: IntechOpen 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/86615
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Sumario:<p id="p1">With Article 12 UNCRPD, the Convention changed the paradigm from &lsquo;substituted decision-making&rsquo; to the principle of &lsquo;supported decision-making&rsquo; for people with disabilities. Is it possible to devise a universal concept for decisional competence? Can or should testamentary capacity be assessed based on the principle contained in Article 12? The author makes a practice proposal for expanding the legal professional&rsquo;s assessment of decisional competence.</p>
ISBN:978-1-83634-869-6
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.110083