Q: Can my husband signadocumentwith an X if he cannot sign his full name
He has Alzheimer's but is fully competent
A: Your question doesn't make sense, at least to me. If he has Alzheimer's (a disease of affecting mental abilities) the odds are very high that he is not mentally competent to sign anything, either with an X or otherwise. His treating doctor needs to make a determination that your husband is of sound mind -- which typically means he doesn't have Alzheimer's. If he is of sound mind in the doctor's opinion, but is physically unable to sign his name as the result of a different medical condition (such as paralysis of the hand or arm he normally writes with), then he can sign with an X only if he is fully and completely aware of what he is signing and why he is signing it, and states at the time he signs it that he means the X to serve as his signature.
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