williamalex1
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Anyone know if you need a lawyer to change a beneficiary's address on a will ?
How old is old and how do you prepare for old age?
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rulefan
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Just write a new will or you can simply add a Codicil. No lawyer needed.
You cannot amend your will after it’s been signed and witnessed. The only way you can change a will is by making an official alteration called a codicil.
You must sign a codicil and get it witnessed in the same way as witnessing a will.
Changes of name don't invalidate anything as long as the person is still identifiable.
If you (or a beneficiary) change address then it is sensible to put a note (the codicil) in with the will, to make it easier for the executors - so if you are keeping it yourself, pop a note into the envelope with the will (don't write on, or staple anything to, the will itself) to say (for instance "Fred Jones moved from 1 Acacia Avenue, Smallville, to 17 Wayne Road, Gotham, on 4th Jan 2021" or Janice Smith changed her name to Janice Williams in 2020", as it makes it easier for your executors to trace the people when the time comes.
You cannot amend your will after it’s been signed and witnessed. The only way you can change a will is by making an official alteration called a codicil.
You must sign a codicil and get it witnessed in the same way as witnessing a will.
Changes of name don't invalidate anything as long as the person is still identifiable.
If you (or a beneficiary) change address then it is sensible to put a note (the codicil) in with the will, to make it easier for the executors - so if you are keeping it yourself, pop a note into the envelope with the will (don't write on, or staple anything to, the will itself) to say (for instance "Fred Jones moved from 1 Acacia Avenue, Smallville, to 17 Wayne Road, Gotham, on 4th Jan 2021" or Janice Smith changed her name to Janice Williams in 2020", as it makes it easier for your executors to trace the people when the time comes.
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Mandofred
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It can come very early.
Being old occurs the first time you can't do something that you were once able to do,
and you realize that you'll never be able to do it again.
It can come as early as your thirties,
but no matter when it comes,
you're starting to die from that point forward.
You can even live to 100,
but the majority of your life will have been comprised of a slow death.
Don't think about that too much, though,
or you'll be sorry that you won that swimming race
in you Mum's fallopian tube.
Big consequences, that. [I tried to sound like one of your northerners there.]
Being old occurs the first time you can't do something that you were once able to do,
and you realize that you'll never be able to do it again.
It can come as early as your thirties,
but no matter when it comes,
you're starting to die from that point forward.
You can even live to 100,
but the majority of your life will have been comprised of a slow death.
Don't think about that too much, though,
or you'll be sorry that you won that swimming race
in you Mum's fallopian tube.
Big consequences, that. [I tried to sound like one of your northerners there.]
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