[WSBAPT] Scrivener's error in trust amendment

[susan at pepetersonlaw.com]

Hello listmates, I'm pretty sure I'm in the weeds here, but I'm looking for
thoughts on how to deal with an error I made in a trust amendment late last
year.  The client just noticed it a couple of days ago.  The name of one of
the trustees/beneficiaries was misspelled in one spot (naturally, it's in
the designation of trustee).  I'd like to correct it to avoid any hassles
with financial institutions in the future.  Client and trustee are able to
execute a new amendment with the right spelling.  Is there any reason not to
simply shred the original amendment and call the new one "first amendment",
or is it better to retain the original first amendment and call the
corrected version "second"?  As I said, weeds..

 

Susan E. Spuller

Attorney at Law

 

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