755 ILCS 6/1-5: Purpose.

The purpose of this Act is to provide for:

(1) the valid execution, attestation, self-proving, and probate of electronic wills, paper copies of electronic wills, and wills attested to by witnesses through audio-video communication;

(2) the valid execution of electronic nontestamentary estate planning documents and validation of electronic signatures on nontestamentary estate planning documents; and

(3) the valid execution, attestation, and witnessing of documents, other than wills, through audio-video communication.