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It is a wonderful way to perpetuate your concern about smoking, and it's never to late to change your will by adding a codicil.
A codicil, as you may know, is just a brief appendage to a will that adds to or modifies something in the will.
It eliminates the time, expense, and trouble of having to completely rewrite a will simply to make one or a few small changes.
For example, if you want to change the personal representative named in your will, you can do so with a codicil.
If you want to add the name of someone to receive a bequest, you can use a codicil.
If you want to delete the name of someone, a codicil will work fine.
Codicils are Effective
They do the job.
They are just as legal and binding as the main portion of the will.
Some of our friends may want to add ASH to their wills, and others may wish to adjust the amount or percentage they had previously decided to give.
In either case, this can be done effectively through a codicil.
Codicils are Inexpensive
You would probably be surprised to learn the relatively low cost of drafting a simple codicil.
Drafting a short codicil is considerably less expensive than the cost of redrafting an entire will.
A quick call to your attorney will tell you just how reasonable this service is compared with the cost of preparing other estate planning documents.
Codicils are Easy
A codicil presents a very easy way for our friends to include ASH in their estate plans.
It's not necessary to spend the time and expense of redoing the entire will.
All it takes is the creation of a brief legal document that is then stored in a safe place with the will.
If you would like more information about wills and codicils, and how you can include ASH in your estate plans, contact ASH at (202) 659-4310.
ASH is a 501(c)(3) organization.