title: [Expert assessment of competence to make a will following the death of the testator].
abstract: The paper expounds the legal basis in the DDR for preparing a retrospective assessment of a deceased person's capacity to make a will, and examines the special features and the conclusions of 26 expert psychiatric opinions. A commentary is supplied on the characteristics of the situation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus Dresden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D014918:Wills
vernacular_title: Die Begutachtung der Testierfähigkeit nach dem Tode des Erblassers.