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Estate planning is one of the most important things you can do, and many people spend considerable time, effort and money in having it done. However, things do change, so when does it become necessary (or at least, strongly advised) to revisit your will?
The short answer is yes, however there is a series of requirements that must be met to formally execute ones’ will. This is to balance convenience with the need to prevent fraud and undue influence.
We tend to think of a will as the clearest expression of a person’s final wishes: a document that speaks with certainty after someone is gone. But the law asks a deeper question before accepting those wishes: was the person actually capable of making them?
