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The COVID-19 crisis, and its attendant rules of social distancing, face masks, etc. have presented new challenges to estate planning attorneys in the realm of document executions.\u00a0 How are we advising clients who wish to sign their estate planning documents during this pandemic?\u00a0 The usual participants when we meet with clients to execute wills and other documents include the client(s), the attorney who serves as one witness, a staff member who serves as the second witness, and a notary public.\u00a0 Like many other law firms in New Jersey, we have not been meeting with clients in our offices since mid-March.\u00a0 Many of our attorneys, and most of our staff, are working remotely.\u00a0 Hence we cannot easily assemble the normal cast of characters to participate in the execution of client documents.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Further, wills and other estate planning documents may not be signed by electronic signature; such documents must be signed in person with a so-called \u201cwet\u201d signature.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the ways we have been helping our clients sign their documents in these challenging times.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The signing may be handled by the client at home or elsewhere, with execution instructions provided by the attorney:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The COVID-19 crisis, and its attendant rules of social distancing, face masks, etc. have presented new challenges to estate planning attorneys in the realm of document executions.\u00a0 How are we advising clients who wish to sign their estate planning documents during this pandemic?\u00a0 The usual participants when we meet with clients to execute wills and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,65,343],"tags":[],"coauthors":[295],"class_list":["post-4546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robbins","category-insights","category-wills-trusts-estates-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSigning Estate Planning Documents During a Pandemic — May 21, 2020 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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