VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 48.030
Testamentary Intent
Testamentary intent means that (name of decedent):
(1) intended the writing to be an actual disposition of his property; and
(2) intended the disposition to take effect after he died.
(Name of decedent)’s intent on either or both of these issues can be either express or implied, or
both. An intent is express when it is actually stated; it is implied when it can be gathered from the
circumstances.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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