Rhode Island Mutual Wills Package

Rhode Island Mutual Wills for Married Couple with No Children

Husband Version

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT, I, of County, Rhode Island, 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 and have no children.

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.

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:

1. Name: Address:

Address 2:

City, State, Zip:

Relationship:

Property:

2. Name: Address:

Address 2:

City, State, Zip:

Relationship:

Property:

3. Name: Address:

Address 2:

City, State, Zip:

Relationship:

Property:

[LIST OR STATE NO PROPERTY LEFT UNDER THIS ARTICLE]

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 wife, if she survives me.

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 my wife, .

ARTICLE SIX

Contingent - All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause

In the event that my wife 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:

In the event I name more than one person, such persons are to receive such property equally, per stirpes, or equally, or the survivor. Equally Per stirpes Survivor

ARTICLE SEVEN

Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix

I hereby appoint my wife, 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 to serve as successor Personal Representative of my estate and Will.

ARTICLE EIGHT

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 NINE

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.

ARTICLE TEN

Construction Intentions

In the event that my wife, and I die under circumstances where it is difficult to determine who died first, I direct that I be deemed to have survived her and the terms of my Will shall take precedence over any Will or Codicil that she may have made.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Misc. Provisions

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.

I desire to be buried in the cemetery in County,

I direct that my remains be cremated and that the ashes be disposed of according to the wishes of my Executor.

I, , having signed this Will in the presence of and who attested it at my request on this the day of , 20 at , declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.

Rhode Island Self Proving Affidavit

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

COUNTY OF

In on this day of , 20 , before me personally appeared the undersigned, and who, being duly sworn, depose and say that: they witnessed the execution of the will of ; that the signature to the will is in the handwriting of the testator; that the testator so subscribed the will and declared the same to be his last will in their presence; that they thereafter subscribed the same as witnesses in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other; that at the time of execution of the will the testator appeared to be of sound mind and eighteen (18) years of age or over; and that the signatures of the witnesses on the will are genuine.

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and date first above written,

Wife Version

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT, I, of County, Rhode Island, 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.

All remaining pages and signature sections follow the same structure as the Husband Version, with the appropriate wife-specific language, names, and pronouns.