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From: "Robin" <r...@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:55:01 +0100
Local: Fri, Mar 30 2012 11:55 am
Subject: Re: Attestation Clause in Will
> Can anyone say whether the requirements -- or perhaps the practice --
Sorry - I don't know if anything has changed. But I stick my head over > for the attestation clause of a Will have changed in the last 30 or > 40 years? I am at present dealing with my mother's estate and > following the (unproblematic) interview the Probate Office have > written to say that the attestation clause is faulty and that they > wish to take evidence from one of the witnesses. My mother wrote the > Will herself in 2008 but she copied the attestation clause verbatim > from a previous solicitor-produced Will dating from the early 1970s, > which presumably used what was then the standard and acceptable form. to suggest that you quote the *precise* words used in the will. It is possible that either the solicitor in the 1970s or your late mother in 2008 made a mistake when copying stock words. -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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