Who can make a will?
A person must be at least 18 years old, of sound mind and memory, and not “under restraint” to be able to make a will.[1]
Signing Requirements
Must be signed by the testator and by two or more competent witnesses in the presence of each other.[2]
Each witness must be at least 18 years old.[3] If a witness is an interested party, the devise or bequest made to that person in the will is void unless there are at least two other witnesses to the will’s execution.[4]
State Definition
“Will” includes codicils to wills admitted to probate, lost, spoliated, or destroyed wills, and instruments declared valid under division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code, but “will” does not include inter vivos trusts or other instruments that have not been admitted to probate.[5]