14 May
2004
14 May
'04
8:32 a.m.
On Fri, 14 May 2004, Ashley Carder wrote:
I've been through several iterations of wills over
the years, and I make an
effort to have an "addendum" or "attachment" that lists individual
items or
collections of items and the person that they are to go to. I have numerous
<...>
I will admit that I don't always keep my list up
to date, but this is a good
way to do things and is perfectly legal, or so my lawyer friends tell me.
You can change the list as things in your life change. Just get rid of the
old list and attach the new one to all copies of the will.
Hmm. What's to stop your evil twin from attaching an addendum listing
that all your underwear will go to him? It would seem to me that your
attaching an addendum would have to be done in the presence of a lawyer.
But, IANAS (for the Brits ;)
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