E-wills may be coming soon to an estate planning near you. On Friday morning, the D.C. chair of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) published the Electronic Wills Act online, a template for any and all states considering folding a statute for the practice into their regulatory framework.

The potential spread of e-wills across the land may be good news to virtual or small law firms accustomed to conducting their business with clients remotely without the added expense of gas, airfare or other travel-related costs.

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