{"id":1282831,"date":"2026-10-01T08:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/steps\/\/1-learn-who-can-make-a-will\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:37:45","slug":"1-savoir-qui-peut-faire-un-testament","status":"publish","type":"steps","link":"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/fr\/steps\/wills\/1-savoir-qui-peut-faire-un-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Savoir qui peut faire un testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pour faire un testament, vous devez \u00eatre <strong>mentalement capable<\/strong>. Autrement dit, au moment o\u00f9 vous le faites, vous devez\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>savoir pourquoi vous le r\u00e9digez et en comprendre les cons\u00e9quences;<\/li>\n<li>conna\u00eetre la valeur de vos biens;<\/li>\n<li>savoir quelles personnes \u00e0 charge devraient \u00eatre les b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires;<\/li>\n<li>savoir quelles actions vos personnes \u00e0 charge pourraient entreprendre en justice si vous ne leur laissez rien.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Personne ne peut vous forcer \u00e0 faire un testament.<\/p>\n<h3>Personne \u00e0 charge<\/h3>\n<p>Une <strong>personne \u00e0 charge<\/strong> est quelqu\u2019un dont vous \u00e9tiez financi\u00e8rement responsable avant votre d\u00e9c\u00e8s ou que la loi vous oblige \u00e0 soutenir financi\u00e8rement. Il peut s\u2019agir\u00a0:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>de votre \u00e9poux ou conjoint de fait;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>de votre ex-\u00e9poux dont vous \u00eates s\u00e9par\u00e9;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>de votre ex-\u00e9poux dont vous \u00eates divorc\u00e9;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>d\u2019un enfant, d\u2019un enfant de votre conjoint, d\u2019un petit-enfant ou de quelqu\u2019un que vous consid\u00e9rez comme votre enfant, sauf un enfant en famille d\u2019accueil;<\/li>\n<li>d\u2019un parent, d\u2019un grand-parent ou d\u2019une personne qui vous a consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme son enfant, mais qui n\u2019est pas votre parent d\u2019accueil;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>d\u2019un fr\u00e8re, d\u2019une s\u0153ur, d\u2019un demi-fr\u00e8re ou d\u2019une demi-s\u0153ur.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Votre \u00e2ge\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Il faut g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement avoir au moins 18\u00a0ans pour faire un testament.<\/p>\n<p>Mais une personne plus jeune peut en r\u00e9diger un dans certains cas. Par exemple, vous pouvez faire un testament si vous avez 17\u00a0ans ou moins et\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00eates ou \u00e9tiez l\u00e9galement mari\u00e9,<\/li>\n<li>\u00eates membre des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes ou<\/li>\n<li>\u00eates marin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vous pouvez aussi en faire un si vous songez \u00e0 vous marier, puis c\u00e9l\u00e9brer vos noces.<\/p>\n<h3>Modification ou annulation du testament\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Vous pouvez modifier votre testament ou en r\u00e9diger un nouveau autant de fois que vous le voulez jusqu\u2019\u00e0 votre d\u00e9c\u00e8s. Mais seulement si vous continuez de respecter les conditions quant aux personnes pouvant faire un testament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1282831","steps","type-steps","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1. Savoir qui peut faire un testament - Justice pas-\u00e0-pas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pour faire un testament, vous devez \u00eatre mentalement capable. 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