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Council approves Vacant to Vibrant amendment to speed conversion and clarify wills handling
Summary
The Council of the District of Columbia on July 1 approved the Vacant to Vibrant Amendment Act of 2025, a comprehensive revision aimed at speeding the return of vacant properties to housing and clarifying how the register of wills handles deposits and transfers.
The Council of the District of Columbia on July 1 approved the Vacant to Vibrant Amendment Act of 2025, a comprehensive revision aimed at speeding the return of vacant properties to housing and clarifying how the register of wills handles deposits and transfers.
The amendment-in-the-nature-of-a-substitute clarifies that only District residents may deposit wills with the register of wills and that court-appointed fiduciaries may examine an attestator's will only in limited circumstances such as when a testator has been adjudicated incapacitated. It also requires the register to transfer a will to the jurisdiction where a decedent…
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