I really really need to get a will done.
The Knight costume is for me, not mac, just in case anyone does have one, or even a helmet.
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I really really need to get a will done.
The Knight costume is for me, not mac, just in case anyone does have one, or even a helmet.
For folks living in Virginia, my sister says that Virginia courts accept handwritten wills as binding.
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Why would handwriting make a document unbinding?
It's not that handwriting makes it unbinding, it's -- eh. As I understand it (not a lawyer), some states require wills to be done formally, with a lawyer, or a notary, or a legal form. In Virginia, a handwritten will is good enough. Whether this is true in other states, I don't know; it may be. My sister told me this when she was encouraging me to write a will, which I still haven't done.
So, I don't get it. If I handwrite a will with a lawyer and a notary, shouldn't it be just fine? What's the difference with Virginia? Are you saying they don't need a lawyer and a notary?
It sounds like it means I could write my will, sign it and date it, and put it in a drawer until I die, and it would hold up. Which is good to know, if you live in VA, and probably not true anymore in many other places.
Holographic wills are often not accepted because those documents don't follow any standards, like having witnesses.
msbelle, we have a Knight Costume--but it is Owen-sized.
We probably need to update our wills but my twin sister and her husband are the only ones that could possibly keep our kids without making them crazy. Then all the assets go into a trust. I'm glad my sister is a lawyer because she basically told us what we need to do.
Much kitty~ma, Plei.