(755 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 53)
Sec. 3.
International will; requirements.
(a) The will must be made in writing. It need not be written by the
testator himself. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any
other means.
(b) The testator shall declare in the presence of 2 witnesses and of a
person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the
document is his will and that he knows the contents thereof. The testator
need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents
of the will.
(c) In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the
testator shall sign the will or, if he has previously signed it, shall
acknowledge his signature.
(d) If the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his signature does
not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates
the reason for his inability to sign and the authorized person makes note
thereof on the will. In that case, it is permissible for any other person
present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the
direction of the testator, to sign the testator's name for him if the
authorized person makes note of this on the will, but it is not required
that any person sign the testator's name for him.
(e) The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest
the will by signing in the presence of the testator.
(Source: P.A. 86-1291.)
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