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Bar practice section backs technical probate fixes in Senate Bill 168
Summary
The Estate Planning and Administration section of the Oregon State Bar backed Senate Bill 168 in a public hearing, saying it corrects drafting errors on parentage for intestate succession, clarifies the harmless‑error will statute and expands the simple estate affidavit rules for trusts.
At a public hearing on Senate Bill 168, legislative counsel and the Oregon State Bar’s Estate Planning and Administration section described a set of technical amendments to Oregon probate law intended to fix drafting errors and clarify procedure.
"The purpose of the harmless error statute is to allow a court to address mistakes that were made in the execution of a will," June Wyrick Flores of the Estate Planning and Administration section said, summarizing the statute the bill would clarify.
Laurie Ann Sills of the Office of Legislative Counsel explained that sections of…
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