Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts

Do not want ex-wife and adults kids to inherit/no contest

A friend postd a question for me this morning and was told I should post myself. I am dieing of cancer and need a will. I got a form off the internet and my friend is typing it for me becuz I get tired and can't see well becuz of my meds. There was no need to be rude.

My ex-wife turned our two kids against me. They don't care that I am dieing. They don't even call to see how I am doing. I do not want them to get anything. The form said I had to list them in the part where I had to name my children, but I did not name them in the parts where it talked about who gets stuff after my wife - just the two kids I have with her. Is that enough? What do I write to keep them from getting anything if they try to contest the will?


Asked on 12/09/05, 4:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Raymond P. Bilodeau Law Office of Raymond P. Bilodeau

Re: Do not want ex-wife and adults kids to inherit/no contest

I was not being rude. It is against the law to practice law without a license or help someone else do so.

You need to specify that you are intentionally leaving [named children] nothing [specify reasons or just say] "for reasons I deem adequate."

Then in a separate section, put: "If snyone shall challenge the validity of any part of this will, he or she shall take nothing under this will or from my estate."

Make sure everything is grammatically correct and properly spelled so there is no confusion about meanings of words. Make sure there is a self-proving section at the end. Make sure you do not sign the will unless there are two witnesses watching you sign. No taker under the will may be a witness. The witnesses need to watch you and each other sign.

If it is self-proving, all the signing should be done before a notary, who will notarize the process, making it unnecessary for any witness to testify to allow the will.

Good luck.

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Answered on 12/09/05, 7:35 pm


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