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Making one's Last Will and Testament? |
Would somebody well-versed on this subject, please enlighten me as to what procedures are involved in making one's Last Will and Testament. Say, if I wish to bequeath all my worldly possessions to just one person, ie my wife, when I wind up my mortal coil and go to meet my Maker, do I need to itemize each item individually to make absolutely sure that she (and only she) gets every single item, or is everything covered by a large umbrella term eg: "the house and all the contents/ possessions therein......" etc......? I hasten to add that I am in no great hurry to depart, but you never know what tomorrow or even the next hour has in store...... I DO find making of the Will a little morbid (if that is the right word) but a man has to do what a man has to do. The links provided herein will be very beneficial for you : - I would worry more about where I was going to spend eternity than who gets my worldly possessions. The Bible says in John 3:3, you must be born again to see the kingdom of God. When people are at your funeral and they look into your coffin they most likely will be saying "oh, he is at peace now" or " he is in a better place." This will be true if you are born again and died in Christ. If you die in your sins as an unrepentant sinner, how wrong everyone will be. While they are viewing your body and your wife is making arraignments to make sure she gets everything in the will, you will be being tormented in hell. This is not my words but what the Bible says. Some will say, "but I don't believe in hell." This won't matter because if you die without Jesus Christ, you will become a believer real fast and it will be forever in hell. Don't spend eternity this way! Forget your worldy material things which by the way will be trash 100 years from now, but your soul lives forever! Your maker is God and you will stand before Him someday. If you do not have Jesus as your savior, you will be cast into the the lake of fire where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth and you will never ever have to hear another Christian witness to you again. Don't take this path! Repent today because as you said, you never know what tomorrow will bring. The Bible also says that we are not promised a tomorrow. A great website! You can bequeath your self acquired property to any one excluding all others by making a will on a plain paper. The will must be signed by you and must be witnessed by two disinterested persons. Thanks. best to get a lawyer to dot the i and cross the t's so that there is no mess up. She may also want to make a will so communicate and don't tell anyone else as it is only your concern. Good luck----I think men still die before their women cheerful thought to help you on your way to the lawyers that is. Your wife will be truly impressed so you may score some brownie points and it all helps.... You can certainly bequeath all your property to your wife, and for doing so you can take an idea from the following "sample" will. take care that there are 2 witnesses and that you all are present while signing the will. As a Testator of 'Will' or any such testament one should take care of the following important legal issues:- 1) The testator should be of age of majority i.e. in India he should be of at least 18 years of age. 2) The testator should be of fit mental condition for making such document, for this it鈥檚 always advised to obtain a medical certificate stating fit mental status of the testator, from a qualified medical practitioner who is capable & authorized of giving such medical certificate. 3) The testator makes such 'Will' or any such testament with free will/mind & without any force or undue influence or fraud committed by any one, such testator should mention such clause in his 'Will' or any such testament. 4) The properties/estate etc mentioned in the 'Will' should be only those which the testator owns exclusively by himself or herself & it should not be having other person as co-owner or shareholder in such property or estate or it should be his or her self acquired not joint family property , being testified in favor of the beneficiary(ies). 5) The will or the testament should be in language understood by the testator, if not then he or she should be told clearly what all is mentioned in the document relating to his or her property which become part of his or her 'Will', this hold good for even a testator who happens to be illiterate or unable to read or write any language. 6) The 'Will' or any such testament should be signed by the testator or his or her finger/thumb print taken in presence of two or more witnesses, & these witnesses should counter sign in the presence of the testator. The witnesses should be also being of age of majority & fit mental condition. All these witnesses should also mention their age, parentage & permanent address in order to identify & contact them in case their presence is required at the time of probation of the 'Will' in the civil district court.7) The name of all the beneficiaries & executors who shall get this 'Will' executed , get letter of administration issued from the civil district court of probation etc should be clearly mentioned in the 'Will' with their age, parentage & address etc. 8) After the 'Will' has been drafted, signed by all as discussed above such 'Will' can be got registered with the Sub-registrar of the district where the testator usually resides & had executed such 'Will' or it can be kept sealed in the security box kept for such purposes in the Sub-registrar office to be opened & only after the death of the testator or if he or she wants to make any changes in the said 'Will' or cancel it any time in future as the case may be. The copies of the 'Will' can be given to the beneficiary (ies) or the executor(s) as the testator feels to do so. The testator may give the original 'Will' to the beneficiary too if he or she so desires. These are few of the important issues one should take care while making a 'Will" or any such testament. It鈥檚 always best to engage a lawyer to do all such work for you & make a lacuna free testamentary document for you. |
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