Court may make certain orders
22 Court may make certain orders
The Court may, on application by any person make an order authorising the making or alteration of a will in specific terms approved by the Court, or the revocation of the whole or any part of a will, on behalf of a person who lacks testamentary capacity.
The Court may authorise the making or alteration of a will that deals with the whole of the property of a person, the making or alteration of a will that deals with part only of the property of a person or the alteration of part only of any will.
The Court is not to make an order under this Division unless the person on whose behalf approval for the making of a will is sought is alive when the order is made.
The Court may make an order under this Division in respect of a minor who lacks testamentary capacity by reason of disability or injury.
The Court may make an order under this Division even if the will was made before the commencement of this Act.
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