MISSISSIPPI WILL INSTRUCTIONS
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1. These Wills are designed to be completed on your computer. To do so,
use your mouse and click on each field which will be highlighted in gray. This will
replace the gray with the words you type.
Example: _____________________________[1] will become JOHN DOE.
If you ordered and received this Will in hard copy, you may also use these instructions
to complete the will, leaving the reference numbers, and placing the names, etc you
desire next to the field numbers.
2. The Will contains Articles which cover various matters. The information
below is designed to assist you in completing the fields contained in the articles of the
Will.
3. Article / Field Completion Instructions
Field [1] - Your name.
Field [2] - Your name.
Field [3] - Your County of Residence.
ARTICLE ONE
Field [4] - Type the name your spouse.
Fields[5]-[12] - Type the names of your children.
Fields[13]-[20]- Type the names of children from spouse’s previous
marriage(s).
Fields[21]-[28]- Type the names of children from your previous
marriage(s).
ARTICLE THREE
This article is for you to specify specific property to go to a specific person. If you
do not leave any, type none and delete the fields.
Field [29] - Type name, Physical address & Relationship.
Field [30] - Property Description.
Field [31] - Type name, Physical address & Relationship.
Field [32] - Property Description.
Field [33] - Type name, Physical address & Relationship.
Field [34] - Property Description.
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Field [35] - Type name, Physical address & Relationship.
Field [36] - Property Description.
ARTICLE FOUR
This article is for you to leave your homestead, if you have one on the date of
death to persons designated.
Field [37] - Type the name of your spouse.
Field [38] - Sign your name if selected.
OR
Fields [39]-[46] - Type name(s) of designated person(s).
Field [47] - Sign your name if selected.
OR
Fields [48]-[55] - Type name(s) of designated person(s)
Field [56] - Sign your name if selected.
ARTICLE FIVE
This article is for you to leave all the rest and remainder of your property except
your homestead and any special items you listed in Article Three.
Fields [57]-[64] - Type names of beneficiaries.
Field [65] - Sign your name if selected.
OR
Field [66] - Type the name of your spouse.
Field [67] - Sign your name if selected.
ARTICLE SIX
This article is to provide an alternate distribution of the rest and remainder of your
property should your spouse predecease you and the provisions for distribution
contained in Article Five cannot be carried out.
Field [68] - Sign your name if selected.
Fields [69]-[76] - Type names of beneficiaries.
Field [77] - Sign your name if selected.
ARTICLE SEVEN
This article provides for the establishment of a trust for the benefit of minor
beneficiaries.
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Field [78] - Enter the age below which you desire that minor
beneficiaries property be placed in trust.
Fields [79]-[82]- Enter age at which property may be released from
trust.
ARTICLE NINE
This article provides for the appointment of a Trustee and Successor Trustee.
Field [83] - Type the name of the Trustee.
Field [84] - Type the name of the Successor Trustee.
ARTICLE TEN
This article provides for the appointment of a guardian of minor children
Field [85] - Enter the age below which you desire a guardian be
appointed for your children.
Field [86] - Type the name of the guardian.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
This article is for you to name your personal representative. This must be an
adult and can be your spouse.
Field [87] - Type name of Personal Representative.
Field [88] - Type name of successor Personal Representative.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
This article provides instructions relating to the interpretation of your will.
Field [89] - Type the name of your spouse. This clause is a
common disaster clause and provides whose Will will
control if you both die in a common disaster.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
All parts of Article 15 are optional. Complete as desired. Be sure to write your
initials for any of these items you desire to apply.
Field [90] - Type name of Cemetery.
Field [91] - Type County.
Field [92] - Type State.
Field [93] - Type your name.
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Fields[94]-[95] Type names of witnesses.
ENDING AND SIGNATURE
Field [96] - Type address where Will was witnessed.
Field [97] - Sign your name.
Field [98] - Type your name.
Field [99] - Type your name.
Field [100] - Type your name.
Field [101] - Type your name.
Field [102] - Type your name.
All other blanks in the Will are typically completed by hand, such as the names of
the witnesses, day, month and year executed, etc.
Once you have completed the Will, double check all entries and then print. The
Will should be signed by you in front of two witnesses, not related to you. Please sign
all pages of the Will in the places designated.
The self-proving affidavit is used to prove the Will and make the Will subject to
probate. If the affidavit is not completed now, someone will have to locate the
witnesses after your death and obtain an affidavit. Therefore, it is best to sign the Will in
the presence of two witnesses AND a notary public so that the affidavit can be
completed by the Notary.
You should keep your Will in a safe place once executed. It is also
recommended that you give a copy to your executor or other person as additional proof
of execution.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WILL FORM
This section will briefly explain some of the articles of your will and provide other
information. Articles of the Will, which are basically self-explanatory, are not discussed
here. In addition, information, which is already provided in the instructions above, is not
repeated.
First Paragraph: The first paragraph of the Will provides your name,
residence information and provides that all prior Wills, if any, are revoked since you
have now made a new Will.
Article Three: Some people have specific property that they desire to leave
to a specific person, such as a ring or antique. This Article is for you to leave such
property. You do not have to name specific property and may simply state none if not
property is to be left under this Article.
Article Eleven: This Article is for you to name a personal representative,
also called executor or executrix. The person named should be an adult and may be
your spouse or relative.
Article Twelve: If not waived, some Courts will require your Personal
Representative post a bond, and file an inventory, accounting and/or appraisal. All can
be costly and time consuming. This Article states your intention that your Personal
Representative not be required to post a bond or file an inventory or accounting.
Article Thirteen: This Article sets forth powers of your Personal
Representative and is designed to give broad powers without the requirement that Court
approval be sought for action by the Representative to the extent permitted by the laws
of your State.
Article Fourteen: This article sets forth some legal construction intentions to
clarify some of the issues which may arise. It also contains a common disaster clause,
which provides that if you, and your spouse die in a common disaster, your Will is to
have precedence. In cases where you and your wife are making Wills, you would only
include this paragraph in one Will, or state in both which Will is to control.
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BASIC INFORMATION
What is a Will? A Will is a document
which provides who is to receive your
property at death, who will administer your
estate, the appointment of trustees and
guardians, if applicable, and other
provisions.
Who may make a Will? Generally, any
person 18 years or older of sound mind
may make a Will. (Some states allow
persons under 18 to make a Will)
What happens if I die without a Will? If
you die without a will you are an intestate.
In such a case, state laws govern who
receives your property. These laws are
called "intestate succession laws". If you
die without a Will, the Court decides who
will administer your estate. Generally, it is
more expensive to administer an estate of
a person who died without a Will, than a
person who dies with a Will.
General
When making a Will you need to consider
who will be named as your personal
representative or executor to administer
your estate, who you will name as guardian
and trustee of minor children if your spouse
does not survive you and who will receive
your property. You should also consider
tax issues. The person appointed as
executor or administrator is often your
spouse, but you should also name an
alternate, in case your spouse
predeceases you. The person you name
should be a person you can trust and who
will get along with the beneficiaries named
in the Will.
In the event your spouse predeceases you,
the guardian you name will have actual
custody of your minor children unless a
court appoints someone else. The trustee
you appoint to administer a trust you
established will be in charge of the assets
of the trust for the benefit of the minor
beneficiaries.
Generally, a Will must be signed in the
presence of at least two witnesses (three
for Vermont) who also sign the Will. A
notary public will also need to sign if the
Will contains a self-proving affidavit.
Generally, a self-proving affidavit allows the Will to be admitted to probate without
other evidence of execution.
Joint Property: Many people do not
understand that joint property may pass
outside your Will and also sometimes
assume that it will pass through their Will.
They do not understand the significance of
joint ownership. The issue is common in
the following areas, provided as examples:
(a) Real Estate: Often, a husband
and wife will own real estate as joint
tenants with rights of survivorship. If one
party dies, the surviving party receives the
property regardless of what the Will
provides. This is common and generally
acceptable. However, if this is not your
desire you should change the ownership of
the property to tenants in common or other
form of ownership. If you own real estate
as tenants in common, then you may
designate who will receive your share of
the property at your death. This issue can
be a problem when uninformed persons
take title to real estate as joint tenants with
rights of survivorship but really intended to
leave their share to, for example, children
of a prior marriage.
(b) Bank Accounts/Certificates of
Deposit, Stock, Retirement Plans, IRA’s
and other type Property: The same
ownership as real estate can be made of
these investments. In fact, many Banks
routinely place Bank accounts and
Certificates of Deposit in the joint tenant
with right of survivorship form of
ownership if more than one person is on
the account or CD, without advising you of
the consequence of same. In situations
where the persons are husband and wife
and there is no issue or concern over
divorce or children from previous
marriages, this may be the best course of
action. However, with divorce on the rise,
premarital agreements and multiple
marriages being common, the parties may
be doing something that was not their
intent. Another common problematic
situation is where a parent has more than
one child but only one child resides in the
hometown of the parent. The parent may
place the name of the child who resides
there on all accounts, CD’s and other
investments for convenience reasons and
establish a joint tenant with right of
survivorship situation without realizing that
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only that child will be entitled to those
assets at the parent’s death. Simply put,
you should be aware when you acquire an
asset or investment exactly how it is titled.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
___________________________________[1]
BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT,
I, _____________________________[2] , of __________________[3] County,
Mississippi, being of legal age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not
acting under duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence of any person, do make, declare
and publish this to be my Will and hereby revoke any Will or Codicil I may have made.
ARTICLE ONE
Marriage and Children
I am married to _____________________________[4] and have the following
children from our marriage:
Name: __________________[5] Date of Birth: __________________[6]
Name: __________________[7] Date of Birth: __________________[8]
Name: __________________[9] Date of Birth: __________________[10]
Name: __________________[11] Date of Birth: __________________[12]
My spouse was previously married and has the following children from a prior
marriage:
Name: __________________[13] Date of Birth: __________________[14]
Name: __________________[15] Date of Birth: __________________[16]
Name: __________________[17] Date of Birth: __________________[18]
Name: __________________[19] Date of Birth: __________________[20]
I was previously married and have the following children from that marriage:
Name: __________________[21] Date of Birth: __________________[22]
Name: __________________[23] Date of Birth: __________________[24]
Name: __________________[25] Date of Birth: __________________[26]
Name: __________________[27] Date of Birth: __________________[28]
ARTICLE TWO
Debts and Expenses
I direct my Personal Representative to pay all costs and expenses of my last
illness and funeral expenses. I further direct my Personal Representative to pay all of
my just debts that may be probated, registered and allowed against my estate.
However, this provision shall not extend the statute of limitations for the payment of
debts or enlarge upon my legal obligation or any statutory duty of my Personal
Representative to pay debts.
Signed by Testator/Testatrix: ________________________________ - 1 -
ARTICLE THREE
Specific Bequests of Real and/or Personal Property
I will, give and bequeath unto the persons named below, if he or she survives
me, the
Property described below:
Name/Address/Relationship Property Description
[29] [30]
[31] [32]
[33] [34]
[35] [36]
[LIST OR STATE NO PROPERTY LEFT UNDER THIS ARTICLE]
In the event I name a person in this Article and said person predeceases me, the
bequest to such person shall lapse and the property shall pass under the other
provisions of this Will. In the event that I do not possess or own any property listed
above on the date of my death, the bequest of that property shall lapse.
ARTICLE FOUR
Homestead or Primary Residence
I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence,
if I own a homestead or primary residence on the date of my death that passes
through this Will, to my
spouse, ___________________________________________________[37] if he
or she survives me. If he or she does not survive me, then my homestead or
primary residence shall pass under the residuary clause of this Will. Signed if
Selected: ___________________________________________________[38]
OR
I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence,
if I own a homestead or primary residence on the date of my death that passes
through this Will, to:
___________________________________________________[39] ,
___________________________________________________[40] ,
___________________________________________________[41] ,
___________________________________________________[42] ,
___________________________________________________[43] ,
___________________________________________________[44] ,
___________________________________________________[45] ,
and ___________________________________________________[46] , equally,
per stirpes, subject to a life estate in my spouse so long as my spouse occupied
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said property as his or her primary residence for at least 8 months of every year.
Signed if Selected:
___________________________________________________[47]
OR
I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence,
if I own a homestead or primary residence on the date of my death that passes
through this Will, to:
___________________________________________________[48] ,
___________________________________________________[49] ,
___________________________________________________[50] ,
___________________________________________________[51] ,
___________________________________________________[52] ,
___________________________________________________[53] ,
___________________________________________________[54] , and
___________________________________________________[55] . Signed if
Selected: ___________________________________________________[56] .
ARTICLE FIVE
All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause
I will, devise, bequeath and give all the rest and remainder of my property and
estate of every kind and character, including, but not limited to, real and personal
property in which I may have an interest at the date of my death and which is not
otherwise effectively disposed of, to
___________________________________________________[57] ,
___________________________________________________[58] ,
___________________________________________________[59] ,
___________________________________________________[60] ,
___________________________________________________[61] ,
___________________________________________________[62] ,
___________________________________________________[63] , and
___________________________________________________[64] , equally, per
stirpes.[Name children to receive residuary estate. Per stirpes means the
descendants of the persons you name will receive the property left to that person
if they predecease you] Signed if Selected:
___________________________________________________[65]
OR
My spouse named
___________________________________________________[66] . Signed if
Selected: ___________________________________________________[67] .
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ARTICLE SIX
Contingent - All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause
Not applicable because I selected option 1 in Article Five above.
Signed if Selected:
___________________________________________________[68]
OR
In the event that my spouse shall predecease me, I will, devise, bequeath and
give all the rest and remainder of my property and estate of every kind and
character, including, but not limited to, real and personal property in which I may
have an interest at the date of my death and which is not otherwise effectively
disposed of, to:
___________________________________________________[69] ,
___________________________________________________[70] ,
___________________________________________________[71]
, ___________________________________________________[72] ,
___________________________________________________[73] ,
___________________________________________________[74] ,
___________________________________________________[75] , and
___________________________________________________[76] equally, per
stirpes. Signed if Selected:
___________________________________________________[77] .
ARTICLE SEVEN
Property To Vest In Trustee for Child Beneficiary
In the event that my spouse predeceases me as provided in Article Six, and any of
my beneficiaries are under the age of ________________[78] years of age, then I direct
that my Personal Representative shall transfer, assign and deliver over to my Trustee,
named below, such beneficiary’s share of my estate and the objects of property
described herein. I direct my Trustee to hold said Beneficiaries share of my estate on
the following terms and conditions:
A.
The Trustee shall hold and administer the assets of the Trust for the use and
benefit of the Beneficiaries for the purpose of providing for their health, education and
general welfare in accordance with their accustomed standard of living as much as is
possible, considering the value of the Trust property and their other sources of income.
B.
The Trustee, may in his or her discretion, distribute to or for the benefit of the
named Beneficiaries, such portions of the income and principal of the Trust as he or she
in his or her sole discretion shall determine to be necessary to accomplish the purposes
of this Trust. The Trustee may make such distributions as often or as seldom as he or
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she may determine in his or her sole discretion without the necessity of any court
authority or approval, this being a private trust.
C.
As each Beneficiary herein reaches the age of _______________[79] years, the
Trustee shall distribute to said beneficiary his or her share of the trust principal and
income as of the distribution date. When the youngest Beneficiary reaches the age of
________________[80] years, the Trustee shall distribute all of the remaining Trust
property including principal and accumulated income to the Beneficiary and this Trust
shall terminate. In making said distributions, the Trustee may make distributions in kind
and shall have the sole discretion as to valuation of the Trust property in determining
and apportioning distributions among the Beneficiaries.
D.
In the event of the death of any of the above named Beneficiary prior to the final
date of distribution, and said deceased Beneficiary shall leave living issue, the Trustee
shall hold only that portion of the Trust property attributable to said deceased Beneficiary
beyond the distribution dates as provided in Subparagraph C above, and administer said
Trust property for the use and benefit of said living issue. When said youngest living
issue reaches the age of _______________________[81] years, the Trust as to said
living issue shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute all of the remaining Trust
property in equal shares to said living issue. In the event of the death of any of the
above named Beneficiaries prior to the final date of distribution and said deceased
Beneficiaries leave no living issue, then that portion of the Trust property to be
distributed to the deceased Beneficiaries as provided for in Subparagraph C above, shall
instead be distributed to the surviving Beneficiaries in equal shares.
E.
Personal and real property may be maintained for my Beneficiaries or converted to
cash as my Trustee shall determine. I direct that my Trustee administer hereunder any
funds coming into the hands of my Beneficiaries pursuant to any life insurance policy
insuring my life.
F.
In the event that on the date of my death, my spouse shall have predeceased me
and my youngest Beneficiary is over ________________[82] years of age, then this
Trust shall be inoperative and my entire estate shall be distributed to said Beneficiaries
as provided in Article Six.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Creditors of Beneficiaries
Neither the principal nor the income of any Trust provision contained in this Will
nor any part of same shall be liable for the debts of any Beneficiary hereunder, nor shall
the same be subject to seizure by any Creditor of any Beneficiary, and no Beneficiary
therein shall have any power to sell, assign, transfer, encumber, or in any manner to
anticipate or dispose of his or her interest in the Trust fund, nor any part of same nor the
income produced from said fund nor any part of same.
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ARTICLE NINE
Appointment of Trustee
I appoint ________________________[83] , or if the appointee fails to qualify or
cease to act, I appoint _______________________[84] , as Trustee of the Trust
provisions of this Will to serve in said capacity with all the powers during the
administration of the Trust as are granted to Trustees under Mississippi law including the
power to sell any of the real or personal property of the Trust for cash or on credit or to
mortgage it or to lease it, all to be exercised without Court order. The Trustee named
herein shall also have all powers as are granted to my Personal Representative under
the provisions of this Will during the administration of this private Trust.
ARTICLE TEN
Appointment of Guardian
In the event that a guardian is necessary for any of my children that may be under
the age of _____________[85] years, then on the date of my death, I
appoint _______________________[86] , as Guardian of said children.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix
I hereby appoint ______________________[87] , as Personal Representative of
my estate and this Will. In the event my Personal Representative shall predecease me,
or, for any reason, shall fail to qualify or cease to act as my Personal Representative,
then I hereby appoint ____________________[88] to serve as successor Personal
Representative of my estate and Will.
The term “Personal Representative”, as used in this Will, shall be deemed to
mean and include “Personal Representative”, “Executor” or “Executrix”.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Waiver of Bond, Inventory, Accounting, Reporting and Approval
My Personal Representative and successor Personal Representative shall serve
without any bond, and I hereby waive the necessity of preparing or filing any inventory,
accounting, appraisal, reporting, approvals or final appraisement of my estate.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Powers of Personal Representative, Executor and Executrix
I direct that my Personal Representative shall have broad discretion in the
administration of my Estate, without the necessity of Court approval. I grant unto my
Personal Representative, all powers that are allowed to be exercised by Personal
Representatives by the laws of the State of Mississippi and to the extent not prohibited
by the laws of Mississippi, the following additional powers:
1. To exercise all of the powers, rights and discretions granted by virtue of any
"Uniform Trustees' Powers Law," and/or “Probate Code” adopted by the State of
Mississippi.
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2. To compromise claims and to abandon property which, in my Executor’s
opinion is of little or no value.
3. To purchase or otherwise acquire and to retain any and all stocks, bonds,
notes or other securities, or shares or interests in investment trusts and common trust
funds, or in any other property, real, personal or mixed, as my Personal Representative
may deem advisable, whether or not such investments or property be of the character
permissible by fiduciaries, without being liable to any person for such retention or
investment.
4. To settle, adjust, dissolve, windup or continue any partnership or other entity
in which I may own a partnership or equity interest at the time of my death, subject,
however, to the terms of any partnership or other agreement to which I am a party at
the time of my death. I authorize my Personal Representative to continue in any
partnership or other entity for such periods and upon such terms, as they shall
determine. My Personal Representative shall not be disqualified by reason of being a
partner, equity owner or titleholder in such firm from participating on behalf of my estate
in any dealings herein authorized to be carried on between my Personal Representative
and the partners or equity owners of any such partnership or other entity.
5. To lease, sell, or offer on a lease purchase, any real or personal property for
such time and upon such terms and conditions in such manner as may be deemed
advisable by my Personal Representative, all without court approval.
6. To sell, exchange, assign, transfer and convey any security or property, real
or personal, held in my estate, or in any trust, at public or private sale, at such time and
price and upon such terms and conditions (including credit) as my Personal
Representative may deem advisable and for the best interest of my estate, or any trust. I
hereby waive any requirement of issuing summons, giving notice of any hearing,
conducting or holding any such hearing, filing bond or other security, or in any way
obtaining court authority or approval for any such sale, exchange, assignment, transfer
or conveyance of any real or personal property.
7. To pay all necessary expenses of administering the estate and any trust
including taxes, trustees' fees, fees for the services of accountants, agents and
attorneys, and to reimburse said parties for expenses incurred on behalf of the estate or
any trust hereunder.
8. Unless otherwise specifically provided, to make distributions (including the
satisfaction of any pecuniary bequest) in cash or in specific property, real or personal,
or in an undivided interest therein, or partly in cash and partly in other property, and
to do so with or without regard to the income tax basis of specific property allocated
to any beneficiary and without making pro rata distributions of specific assets.
9. To determine what is principal and what is income with respect to all receipts
and disbursements; to establish and maintain reserves for depreciation, depletion,
obsolescence, taxes, insurance premiums, and any other purpose deemed necessary
and proper by them and to partite and to distribute property of the estate or trust in
kind or in undivided interests, and to determine the value of such property.
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10. To participate in any plan of reorganization, consolidation, dissolution,
redemption, or similar proceedings involving assets comprising my estate or any trust
created hereunder, and to deposit or withdraw securities under any such proceedings.
11. To perform such acts, to participate in such proceedings and to exercise
such other rights and privileges in respect to any property, as if she or he were the
absolute owner thereof, and in connection therewith to enter into and execute any and
all agreements binding my estate and any trust created hereunder.
12. To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or demand by or against my
estate, or any trust, to litigate any such claims, including, without limitation, any claims
relating to estate or income taxes, or agree to rescind or modify any contract or
agreement.
13. To borrow money from such source or sources and upon such
terms and conditions as my Personal Representative shall determine, and to give such
security therefore as my Personal Representative may determine.
All authorities and powers hereinabove granted unto my Personal Representative
shall be exercised from time to time in her or his sole and absolute discretion and
without prior authority or approval of any Court, and I intend that such powers be
construed in the broadest possible extent.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Construction Intentions
It is my intent that this Will be interpreted according to the following provisions:
1. The masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine as well as
the neuter, and vice versa, as to each of them; the singular shall be deemed to include
the plural, and vice versa.
2. The term “testator” as used herein is deemed to include me as Testator or
Testatrix.
3. This Will is not a result of a contract between myself and any beneficiary,
fiduciary or third party and I may revoke this Will at any time.
4. If any part of this Will shall be declared invalid, illegal, or inoperative for
any reason, it is my expressed intent that the remaining parts shall be effective and fully
operative and it is my intent that any Court so interpreting same construct this Will and
any provision in favor of survival.
5. In the event that my spouse, ________________________[89] , and I die
under circumstances where it is difficult to determine who died first, I direct that I be
deemed to have survived her/him and the terms of my Will shall take precedence over
any Will or Codicil that he/she may have made, notwithstanding any provisions of the
law to the contrary.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Misc. Provisions
I direct that this Will and the construction thereof shall be governed by the Laws
of the State of Mississippi.
(I have placed my initials next to the provisions below that I desire to adopt.
Unmarked provisions are not adopted by me and are not a part of this Will)
_______ If any person named herein is indebted to me at the time of my death and
such indebtedness be evidenced by a valid Promissory Note payable to me,
then such person’s portion of my estate shall be diminished by the amount of
such debt.
_______ Any and all debts of my estate shall first be paid from my residuary estate.
Any debts on any real property left herein shall be assumed by the person to
receive such real property and not paid by my Personal Representative.
_______ I desire to be buried in the _____________________[90] cemetery in
_______________________[91] County, ______________________[92] .
_______ I direct that my remains be cremated and that the ashes be disposed of
according to the wishes of my Executor.
I, ____________________[93] , having signed this Will in the presence of
_______________________[94] and ______________________[95] who attested it at
my request on this the ______________________[97] day of ________________[97] ,
20 ______. at ___________________________________________________[96]
( address), declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.
_____________________________
______________________[97]
Testator/Testatrix
Signed by Testator/Testatrix: ________________________________ - 9 -
The above and foregoing Will of _______________________[98] was declared
by ______________________[99] in our view and presence to be his/her Will and was
signed and subscribed by the said ______________________[100] in our view and
presence and at his/her request and in the view and presence of
______________________[101] and in the view and presence of each other, we, the
undersigned, witnessed and attested the due execution of the Will of
___________________[102] on this the _____________[97] day of
_____________________[97] , 20 _________. .
Witness Signature Witness Signature
Print Name: Print Name:
Address: Address:
City, State, Zip: City, State, Zip:
Phone: Phone:
Signed by Testator/Testatrix: ________________________________ - 10 -
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF _______________
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the county and
state aforesaid, __________________________________ , who, being by me first duly
sworn, makes oath to the following:
1. The undersigned, __________________________________ , was a
subscribing witness to that certain instrument of writing dated
__________________________________ , which is the true and original Last Will and
Testament of __________________________________ .
2. That said __________________________________ signed, published
and declared said instrument as his or her Last Will and Testament on the ________
day of ____________ , 20 ________ , the date of said instrument, in the presence of two
(2) subscribing witnesses, __________________________________ and
__________________________________ .
3. The said __________________________________ was then and there
of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and was over eighteen (18)
years of age.
4. Affiant, __________________________________ , a competent adult,
subscribed and attested said instrument as a witness to the signature, publication and
declaration thereof by the said __________________________________ , at the special
instance and request of the said __________________________________ , in his or her
presence and in the presence of __________________________________ and
__________________________________ .
__________________________________
Witness
__________________________________
__________________________________
Address
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, this the ________ day of
____________ , 20 ________ .
____________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
___________________________
Mississippi Certification: from Mississippi Code § 91-5-1 et seq.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF _______________
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the county and
state aforesaid, __________________________________ , who, being by me first duly
sworn, makes oath to the following:
1. The undersigned, __________________________________ , was a
subscribing witness to that certain instrument of writing dated
__________________________________ , which is the true and original Last Will and
Testament of __________________________________ .
2. That said __________________________________ signed, published
and declared said instrument as his or her Last Will and Testament on the ________
day of ____________ , 20 ________ , the date of said instrument, in the presence of two
(2) subscribing witnesses, __________________________________ and
__________________________________ .
3. The said __________________________________ was then and there
of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and was over eighteen (18)
years of age.
4. Affiant, __________________________________ , a competent adult,
subscribed and attested said instrument as a witness to the signature, publication and
declaration thereof by the said __________________________________ , at the special
instance and request of the said __________________________________ , in his or her
presence and in the presence of __________________________________ and
__________________________________ .
__________________________________
Witness
__________________________________
__________________________________
Address
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, this the ________ day of
____________ , 20 ________ .
____________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
___________________________
Mississippi Certification: from Mississippi Code § 91-5-1 et seq.