[WSBAPT] Missing will

[Setareh Mahmoodi]

I would think no, and I would lean towards doing new wills for them anyways
if so much of the important stuff was changed in the codicils and the wills
are now missing anyways. Better safe than sorry :)

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Lisa Schuchman <lisa at lisaschuchman.com>
wrote:

> Hello, all, I need some wisdom.
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> I did codicils for a married couple whose wills didn’t need a total
> re-do.  Their wills were identical but for switched names.  I kept a copy
> of one of the wills to use for the codicil and I intended to get a copy of
> the other will when they came in to sign.  Now post-signing, they are
> unable to find the original wills, including the one I copied.
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> The wills were pretty simple.  The codicils changed the PR and the
> beneficiaries; in other words the most important parts of the wills.  If
> they can’t ever find their wills, would the codicils stand on their own?
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> Thanks.
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> Lisa E. Schuchman
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