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Wisconsin Mutual Wills Package for Married Couple with No Children

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Wisconsin
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WI-WIL-01458C
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The Mutual Wills package with Last Wills and Testaments you have found is for a married couple with no children. It provides for the appointment of a personal representative or executor, designation of who will receive your property and other provisions, including provisions for your spouse. This package contains two wills, one for each spouse. It also includes instructions.


The wills must be signed in the presence of two witnesses, not related to you or named in the wills. If your state has adopted a self-proving affidavit statute, a state specific self-proving affidavit is also included and requires the presence of a notary public to sign the wills.


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Making one will for two people is usually not advisable because it's irrevocable after the first spouse's death.Even though married couples often have the same goals in mind when making their estate plan, most attorneys advise against joint wills.

Married couples often execute wills which are identical in their provisions, frequently giving the estate to the surviving spouse or if the spouse does not survive to the children.However, not every mirror will is a "mutual will", indeed very few mirror wills are mutual wills.

A joint will is one that two people, typically a married couple, sign together. Instead of each spouse having a separate will, they have one document that they've both agreed to. Most joint wills are written such that when one spouse dies, their portion of the estate passes to the other.

A mutual Will is where two (or more) testators make Wills which mirror the contents of the other(s). However, mutual Wills cannot be altered upon the death of one of the testators.

It is a customary estate planning practice for each spouse to have his or her own will. While some practitioners may draft a joint will for a married couple, it is not recommended.

Mutual Wills are Wills drawn up by at least two people and are signed following an agreement between the individuals which it is intended should bind the survivor of them. Each individual agrees with the other not to alter their Will after the other dies.

Making one will for two people is usually not advisable because it's irrevocable after the first spouse's death.Even though married couples often have the same goals in mind when making their estate plan, most attorneys advise against joint wills.

A joint will is a legal document executed by two (or more) people, which merges their individual wills into a single, combined last will and testament. Like most wills, a joint will lets the will-makers name who will get their property and assets after they die. Joint wills are usually created by married couples.

Mirror wills are based on the idea that married or unmarried couples will likely have the same wishes regarding their estate. No matter which spouse dies first, the estates are handled the same way. The basic structure of a mirror will is similar to an individual last will.

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Wisconsin Mutual Wills Package for Married Couple with No Children