cavanman2015
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Don't want to take away from the original post, but wills that are made with solicitors, etc, need a complete overhaul. An awful lot of people who have died over the years and no wills found even though it was known they made one, or maybe a will appearing that seemed strange to say the least. Especially so in regard to bachelors and spinsters. Even today, what procedures are in place with registering a will apart from it being with the solicitor and having a copy?. Who's to say there isn't another one after that or whatever?
I think that there is something about large lifetime gifts must be taken into account when distributing an estate. A gift of €50k two years before a person's death would seem to qualify. If the letter describes it as an advancement, then that would suggest that it should be treated as such.
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For it to be a codicil to the last will it would have to be signed by your uncle in the presence of two witnesses and then signed by the witnesses in your uncles presence. If only signed by your uncle alone it can only be treated as a letter of wishes and not as a testamentary document.Thank you all for your very helpful postings. The will and this letter are amongst my uncles documents at his home. Everything is above board the advancement was indeed made. What i'm hearing is that for this to be a codicil he would have to gave gone and met with the solicitor, discussed & agreed it and attached it to the existing will. I need to find out if this happened.
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