Succession law : a holograph will that does not meet all the elements required by its form will remain valid if it nevertheless meets all essential requirements and unquestionably contains the last wishes of the deceased

Successions law, the holograph will : In a decision given in March 2013, the Superior Court confirms that a signed document, clearly containing the last wishes of the deceased, can be accepted as a holograph will. This remains true even if the document fails to meet all the formal requirements set out by the law regarding this type of will. Even though section 726 of the Civil Code of Québec provides that the holograph will must be written entirely by the testator and signed by him, without the use of any mechanical processs, the Superior Court recognizes that the grand majority of documents are no longer written out by hand. An explicit will, written out electronically, but nevertheless signed by its author, can be considered a valid will (Archambault v. Dénommé, 2013 QCCS 1407).