Published: 2019-04-17

The Impact of New Technologies on the Form of the Last Will and Testament in Polish Inheritance Law

Renata Świrgoń-Skok
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.1.08

Abstract

This article addresses issues relating to the form of last wills and testaments under Polish law. Articles 949-958 of the Polish Civil Code prescribe the forms last wills and testaments may take, ruling that a will infringing these provisions is invalid. In the context of these regulations and the ongoing discussion on amendments to Polish civil law, we should perhaps consider whether the provisions currently in force prescribing admissible forms of wills correspond to today’s reality, especially as regards the development of modern technologies. One of the ways to modernise Polish inheritance law postulated by some of the specialists on doctrine is to make electronic wills or video wills legal under Polish civil law.

Keywords:

electronic will, video will, form, last will and testament, civil law.

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Świrgoń-Skok, R. (2019). The Impact of New Technologies on the Form of the Last Will and Testament in Polish Inheritance Law. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(1), 135–151. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.1.08

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