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<DIV><FONT size=4>If a will fails to distribute anything, then the statutory
inheritance seems to be the only answer. Malpractice against the first
attorney?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Garl@longlaw.biz
href="mailto:Garl@longlaw.biz">K. Garl Long</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 15, 2017 8:41 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=wsbarp@LISTS.WSBARPPT.COM
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [WSBARP] Will with no devise</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>Deceased intended to leave two farms to a married couple that had befriended
him, and taken care of him, for years. A letter to the decedent from his first
attorney refers to the devise, and asks if he has an alternative in case the
couple does not survive him. Several people had heard the decedent state that he
wanted all of his property to go to the married couple.</P>
<P>Years later is was discovered that the will produced by the first attorney,
and actually signed and witnessed, stated no gift was to be made to any
relative, but did not include the devise to the married couple, and lacked a
residual clause. <BR></P>
<P>Upon discovery of the defects a second attorney was instructed to fix the
first defective will so that all property would pass to the married couple.
However, death came before the new will was signed.<BR></P>
<P>The first will, naming the married couple as PR, but lacking specific
bequests or a residual clause, was admitted into probate. Distant (and disliked)
relatives have appeared claiming a statutory right to inherit.</P>
<P>Any way to carry out the intent of the decedent?</P>Garl Long<BR>
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