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<div dir="ltr">I would do the wills ONLY, no TODDs at all, and I would ensure I have carefully provided for the various scenarios of one dying with or before the parents. (NOT, “We will change the wills then.” “Not if you don’t have capacity, you won’t!”)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I just firmly believe TODDs are useful for single people with one single heir at law who in turn maybe has one single descendant. But I’m a twit that way.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Best, Josh </div>
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other son. I plan on using transfer on death deeds for the parcels but I ask this listserv if I should also put the specific bequests for the parcels in the parent’s Wills? Is it belt and suspenders overkill to prepare TODDs and put the bequest in the parent’s
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