{"id":387,"date":"2011-03-21T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wills-etc.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=387"},"modified":"2011-03-21T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:59:48","slug":"updating-wills-to-codicil-or-not-to-codicil-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wills-etc.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/03\/updating-wills-to-codicil-or-not-to-codicil-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating Wills &#8211; To Codicil or Not To Codicil Is the Question!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Codicils \u2013 The Pitfalls <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I am sure everyone knows it\u2019s important to keep your Will provision up to date. This can mean either re-writing your Will, or making a Codicil.<\/p>\n<p>If you only want to make a small change to your Will, this can be done by putting a Codicil in place. Please note that then the Codicil will be read with your Will, and it\u2019s effect is that it becomes part of the Will.<\/p>\n<p>Codicils are put in place for many reasons for example a Codicil can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add in an additional clause<\/li>\n<li>Take out a\u00a0 clause<\/li>\n<li>Change your Executors or add to them<\/li>\n<li>Monetary amounts can be changed up or down<\/li>\n<li>Additional people can be added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When making a change via Codicil it is essential that you do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only use a Codicil if the change is minor<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t keep making Codicils, as having too many Codicils (which have to be read with your original Will) can be difficult to read and complicated to administer<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that you keep the Codicil and Will together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some changes that appear \u201cminor\u201d are not. Typically it might seem easy to in effect \u201ctake someone out\u201d of a Will. If that person however is mentioned throughout the Will, the Will must be re-written.<\/p>\n<p>Each case is different, and it also depends on how the Will is written as to how easy it is to write a Codicil to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Codicils \u2013 The Pitfalls As I am sure everyone knows it\u2019s important to keep your Will provision up to date. This can mean either re-writing your Will, or making a Codicil. If you only want to make a small change to your Will, this can be done by putting a Codicil in place. Please note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Updating Wills - To Codicil or Not To Codicil Is the Question! -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Know the uses and pitfalls of putting a Codicil in place. 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