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What language do I use to modify my will or trust to acknowledge my bequest to TCF?
The following is intended to help you or your attorney in drafting a bequest that satisfies your individual interests. As you consult your attorney on the selection of appropriate wording to reflect your own goals and intentions regarding TCF, be sure the organization’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as:
A codicil makes updating or changing a will fast and easy. If you have a few small changes to make to a will, such as adding a beneficiary. You simply identify the section you wish to change, then write the revision down in a new document that is attached to the existing will.
It’s important to note that a codicil must be signed and witnessed in the same way that a will is.
I, [name], a resident of the County of [county], State of [state], declare that this is the codicil to my last will and testament, which is dated [date original signed].
I add or change said last will in the following manner:
[List all specific changes or additions to the original will. Reference each section number of the will and the specific language you will be affecting. This is where you could include a bequest to our mission. See our suggested bequest language above.]
Otherwise, I hereby confirm and republish my will dated, [date original signed], in all respects other than those herein mentioned.
I subscribe my name to this codicil this [day, e.g. 1st] day of [month], [year], at [full address where signed], in the presence of [full name of first witness to codicil], [full name of second witness to codicil], and [full name of third witness to codicil], attesting witnesses, who subscribe their names here in my presence.
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ATTEST
On the date last above written, [name], known by us to be the person whose signature appears at the end of this codicil, declared to us, [full name of first witness to codicil], [full name of second witness to codicil] and [full name of third witness to codicil], the undersigned, that the foregoing instrument, consisting, of [number of pages to codicil] page(s) was the codicil to the will dated, [date original signed]; who then signed the codicil in our presence, and now in the presence of each other, we now sign our names as witnesses.
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