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What is an example of a mistake made while writing a will?

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What is an example of a mistake made while writing a will?

A very good example is one that occured about 15 years ago, which I was aware. An individual who did not want to pay a lawyer to prepare a will prepared it himself. He was a doctor and felt he was sophisticated enough, and his will basically gave his house to his live-in partner. The problem is that the house represented only a third of his entire estate. The balance of the estate was in certificates of deposit where he had named brothers and sisters as the beneficiaries. The only estate asset was the house, when he died the house had to be sold in order to pay the estate taxes on the entire estate, which frustrated the testator's intent.

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