精神障碍者的遗嘱能力研究进展

遗嘱能力是指自然人享有的依法设立遗嘱以处分其财产的能力或资格。是众多民事行为能力中的一种．近年来精神障碍者遗嘱能力评定的案例呈增多趋势。本文首先介绍遗嘱及遗嘱能力的概念．然后对遗嘱能力的评定标准进行总结，主要是以Banks v．Goodfellow案例为基础制定的标准，包括理解遗嘱的性质和附加条款、对自己资产的基本认识、对自己可分配物品的认识、理解自己财产分配所带来的影响和不受妄想影响下分配财产，并归纳遗嘱能力的影响因素，包括痴呆、情感障碍、精神分裂症、酒中毒、精神活性物质和不适当影响等。最后简要介绍了其相关的评定工具如简明精神状态检查量表、画钟测验和遗嘱定义量表。

Advanced Investigation of Testamentary Capacity of the Mentally Disordered

Testamentary capacity is one of the civil competences,it means that a natural person enjoys the capacity or qualification to establish testament and deal with his property.Recently,the cases of testamentary capacity assessment of the mentally disordered are increasing.This article firstly introduces the concepts of the testament as well as the testamentary capacity,and then summarizes the assessment standard of the testamentary capacity,by using the Banks v.Goodfellow case as a basis to make the standard cr...