| You and your spouse decide to make out your own | | | | the page. |
| wills. You go to the local legal forms warehouse, pick | | | | You are satisfied that you have followed all the proper |
| up the necessary documents, and each of you fill | | | | procedures for protecting your last wishes -- and |
| them out. | | | | those of your spouse. Nothing should rock the boat in |
| Then you grab your favorite next-door neighbors and | | | | the event of your sudden passing. |
| run to the Notary Public down the street at the Mail | | | | Or, so you think! You never took time to read your |
| Service Center to have each of the wills notarized and | | | | spouse's will and just figured it was about the same as |
| witnessed by your friends. | | | | yours which stated that whomsoever survived the |
| A Notary Public is a person who has the credentials | | | | other was bequeathed the possessions of that person. |
| from the state to verify the legitimacy of signatures. | | | | Then your spouse dies. You pull your copy of the will |
| When you request the services, the Notary Public will | | | | out of your safety deposit box only to learn that your |
| have you place your printed and written names on a | | | | deceased life-long partner left everything to a leech-y |
| sign-in sheet along with the reason for needing the | | | | cousin from who-knows where who had been hanging |
| service. You will have to provide identification such as | | | | around during the last few weeks. |
| a Driver's license. | | | | That can't be the right will. Someone must have |
| Once you, your spouse, and the witnesses have | | | | switched it. Even the Notary Stamp looks suspicious. |
| signed the wills, the Notary Public will date and sign the | | | | Call a Handwriting Expert! |
| wills along with using a Notary Stamp on the bottom of | | | | |