Location: Connecticut
I have a family member who is a paraplegic and cannot write. They are fully cognitive and of sound mind.
They have some pressing legal issues that require signatures and I’m wondering what their options are to legally sign them without being able to write.
Thanks in advance.
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A power of attorney so that someone else can sign on their behalf.
The Notary Public Manual states that CT allows signature by mark. I don’t know what level of function your family member has in their hands or perhaps their mouth? Page 13 and 14 lay it out. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/business-services/notary/state_of_connecticut_notary_public_manual_rev2023#:~:text=for%20a%20minor.-,4.7%20Signature%20by%20Mark,a%20person%20signs%20by%20mark
I can’t speak to the instances when it would or would not constitute a legal signature, but I have seen disabled adults learn to use modified custom ink stamps that when applied to paper their “signature” is left behind. These can also be quite adapted, ranging from stamps you pick up and apply to a lever system that holds the stamp and has a space for papers to be skid in and held in place, requiring only the gross motor movement of a hand/arm striking or weighing down the lever to apply the stamp.