When it’s time to update your will, you don’t have to start from scratch. You can use a codicil, an addition or a supplement that explains or modifies your existing will.
I give, devise, and bequeath $ ___________ to Mercy For Animals, Inc., 1150 Conrad Court, Hagerstown, MD 21740, for its charitable uses and purposes.
In all other respects I ratify and confirm all of the provisions of my last will and testament dated on the _________ day of ______________, 20__.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I sign, publish, and declare this instrument to be a codicil to my last will and testament in the presence of the persons witnessing said codicil at my request this _____ day of ___________, 20__.
_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)
Witnesses
_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)
_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)
The codicil, to be valid, must be signed in the presence of witnesses and the original placed with your other valuable papers. A copy can go to your lawyer and a copy to Mercy For Animals.
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