Sec. 1-5. Purpose.
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Sec. 1-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to provide for:
(1)the valid execution, attestation, self-proving, and probate of electronic wills,
paper copies of electronic wills, and wills attested to by witnesses through audio-video communication;
(2)the valid execution of electronic nontestamentary estate planning documents and
validation of electronic signatures on nontestamentary estate planning documents; and
(3)the valid execution, attestation, and witnessing of documents, other than wills,
through audio-video communication.