Witness Signatures

[Vulg]

Hi there,

If a document is written by Party A declaring that Party B is liable for xyz. What if the witness signature for the signing of Party A and B is a relative of Party A, does that make it valid or is it irrelevant e.g. Business is owned by Party A, Party A are husband and wife or brother and sister.

Basically should the witness signature be seperate from both A and B.

Thoughts on this appreciate even if it can't be answered.

[dzug]

It's desirable that the witness signature be independent, but I'm not sure it's a legal requirement.

There's also the thought that the document doesn't actually have to be witnessed at all to be valid