Your original Will should be kept somewhere safe and accessible, when it will be needed. A copy should be kept in a personal file and you should let your executor know where to find it.
Contrary to popular belief your safety deposit box is not the safest place. Most financial institutions will require court authority to grant access to your executor and without the original Will this can be very difficult – often creating a catch 22 situation.
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Inter vivos gifts are gifts made by a person during his or her lifetime, as opposed to leaving gifts in a Will (inter vivos is Latin for “between the living”). Inter vivos gifts are sometimes disputed, with the allegation being the gift giver was “unduly influenced” by the recipient of the gift – often a
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