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Self | 10-08-2020 | Me

Posted on 10/08/2020 2:11:51 PM PDT by woofer2425

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1 posted on 10/08/2020 2:11:51 PM PDT by woofer2425
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Follow the legal, signed will. It’s a legal document, the unsigned one is not.


2 posted on 10/08/2020 2:15:12 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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Oh, and I’m not a lawyer. But I did stay at a motel 6 last night.


3 posted on 10/08/2020 2:16:06 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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because the "new" will was never signed, recorded or in force.

You seem to have the answer right there. If the “old” beneficiaries want to gift part of the will to the “new” that’s their decision.

4 posted on 10/08/2020 2:17:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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Probably a couple of good lawyers could burn up the entire estate in legal fees so no one gets anything unless they are a lawyer.


5 posted on 10/08/2020 2:18:42 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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You aren’t asking for legal advice. You are asking for moral advice. Sucks for whoever was waiting too long for a signature - unless you, like, offed the guy.


6 posted on 10/08/2020 2:19:16 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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That was an issue about 20 years ago in our family. There was the old, signed will. Then a “will-in-progress” was found, but not signed.

The older, signed, will was the one that legally was followed. This was in NYS.


7 posted on 10/08/2020 2:19:58 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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Go with the signed will. Otherwise you get chaos, and someday it will all depend on who the judge is and what he had for breakfast.
Once the legal norms and procedures hit the dustbin, and everything is subjective, it’s a short sprint back to the jungle.


8 posted on 10/08/2020 2:19:59 PM PDT by Buttons12
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As previously suggested, the law here is pretty clear. You really don't need a lawyer; the people involved have a very personal decision to make.

My one piece of advice is to stay out of your "friend's" issue. In these situations, no good deed goes unpunished.

9 posted on 10/08/2020 2:21:58 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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You have to do the legal thing.

If they want to gift something to the other women that is their choice but no pressure should be applied which is what it sounds like the lawyer is doing.

What does he,(she or it) get out of it?

10 posted on 10/08/2020 2:22:53 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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The old Tammy Wynette dilemma. This is not an opinion issue, it is a matter of law. You follow the recorded Will, or there is no such thing.


11 posted on 10/08/2020 2:23:27 PM PDT by Salvavida
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I always seek my legal advice from strangers on the internet.
/sarcasm


12 posted on 10/08/2020 2:24:43 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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> The day he was to sign the new will, he died...was not able to sign. <

Maybe he never would have signed that new will. Maybe he had second thoughts the night before. Who can say? So as others have noted, I’d go with signed will.


13 posted on 10/08/2020 2:25:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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I’m not a lawyer but I think it’s presumptuous to say he was going to sign the new Will on the day he died. What if he had a change of heart? There’s no way of knowing. Did these other people take care of him while he was sick? If they didn’t, perhaps he took notice of that. Did he ever tell his sister and niece of his plans to change his Will? At the end of the day, the people named in the legal Will are the rightful heirs. It will be on their conscience if they make a choice they know is wrong.


14 posted on 10/08/2020 2:26:39 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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“Oh, and I’m not a lawyer. “

Then don’t give legal advice.


15 posted on 10/08/2020 2:29:04 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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Then don’t give legal advice.

Bite me. He asked for all opinions.
16 posted on 10/08/2020 2:31:20 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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Stick with the old will when he was clearly in control of his faculties; if the beneficiaries want to give it to others that is up to them.


17 posted on 10/08/2020 2:33:21 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: woofer2425

My advice:

Don’t rely on the legal advice of non-lawyers here.

Unsigned wills have been accepted but it is the more difficult route.

Even oral wills have been accepted.

There is even the possibility of either will being contested.


18 posted on 10/08/2020 2:35:11 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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If his non-relationship friend got a house and mortgage payments out of their relationship that should be plenty. No need to feel guilt on the part of the relatives.

Go with the signed will.

My opinion only.


19 posted on 10/08/2020 2:37:31 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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“Bite me. He asked for all opinions.”

You didn’t give an opinion. You stated a legal position which is not correct and may lead to additional problems administering the estate.


20 posted on 10/08/2020 2:38:55 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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