The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 001 : Wills
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 7)-
§ 7. How made by soldier or sailor; military will
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent a person in active military service from disposing of his or her estate as he or she might otherwise have done.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a military will prepared and executed in compliance with, and containing a provision stating that the will is prepared pursuant to, 10 U.S.C. § 1044d shall be deemed to be legally executed and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this State. (Amended 2005, No. 7, § 1, eff. April 21, 2005; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
