diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.OverrideContentStatus.php b/views/bootstrap/class.OverrideContentStatus.php
index 16f718dea..13a336b68 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.OverrideContentStatus.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.OverrideContentStatus.php
@@ -33,30 +33,22 @@ class SeedDMS_View_OverrideContentStatus extends SeedDMS_Theme_Style {
 
 	function js() { /* {{{ */
 		header('Content-Type: application/javascript; charset=UTF-8');
+		parent::jsTranslations(array('js_form_error', 'js_form_errors'));
 ?>
-function checkForm()
-{
-	msg = new Array();
-	if (document.form1.overrideStatus.value == "") msg.push("<?php printMLText("js_no_override_status");?>");
-	if (document.form1.comment.value == "") msg.push("<?php printMLText("js_no_comment");?>");
-	if (msg != "") {
-  	noty({
-  		text: msg.join('<br />'),
-  		type: 'error',
-      dismissQueue: true,
-  		layout: 'topRight',
-  		theme: 'defaultTheme',
-			_timeout: 1500,
-  	});
-		return false;
-	}
-	else
-		return true;
-}
 $(document).ready(function() {
-	$('body').on('submit', '#form1', function(ev){
-		if(checkForm()) return;
-		ev.preventDefault();
+	$("#form1").validate({
+		rules: {
+			comment: {
+				required: true
+			},
+			overrideStatus: {
+				required: true
+			},
+		},
+		messages: {
+			comment: "<?php printMLText("js_no_comment");?>",
+			overrideStatus: "<?php printMLText("js_no_override_status");?>",
+		},
 	});
 });
 <?php
@@ -73,6 +65,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		$reviewStatus = $content->getReviewStatus();
 		$approvalStatus = $content->getApprovalStatus();
 
+		$this->htmlAddHeader('<script type="text/javascript" src="../views/'.$this->theme.'/vendors/jquery-validation/jquery.validate.js"></script>'."\n", 'js');
+		$this->htmlAddHeader('<script type="text/javascript" src="../views/'.$this->theme.'/styles/validation-default.js"></script>'."\n", 'js');
+
 		$this->htmlStartPage(getMLText("document_title", array("documentname" => htmlspecialchars($document->getName()))));
 		$this->globalNavigation($folder);
 		$this->contentStart();
@@ -93,6 +88,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			array(
 				'element'=>'textarea',
 				'name'=>'comment',
+				'required'=>true,
 				'rows'=>4,
 			)
 		);