If authorized by a court, it would take legal precedence. Lin points out that the law is not something divorced from human sentiments. Life's twists of fate can be taken into account in a legal will, so that estates are handled appropriately.
林玫卿指出，法律不外人情，種種人生情境的曲折和無奈，其實都可以藉著有法律效力的遺囑事先規範，做好圓滿妥善的安排。