<<< It soon occurred to me that SBM and the handbook references to it were completely antiquated, in that all signatures by mark were no different than the typical scrawly, scratchy or completely unreadable doodles made every day by perfectly capable signers.....So, I really don't see the need for SBM anymore and all the time-consuming cumbersome hoopla surrounding it with witnesses, etc ...>>>
My signature is illegible, but it is a consistent illegibility. There may be a slight variation from siggy to siggy but no major variation. For someone who has little to no motor function in their hands, there would be a problem with consistency from siggy to siggy. From my experience, those who make their mark are making the X with every bit of energy and "will" possible.
<<<Whatever is there after pen meets paper *is* the signature... just like anybody else's.>>>
The average person has control over their signature - and they sign in the same fashion each time. The signature by mark signer does not - usually because they don't have *control of hand* to be consistent in signing and I do believe that consistency makes for better determination of whether or not someone was the actual signer. I believe SBM are necessary. JMHO |
