You may have seen provisions in wills and trusts that bar challenges to their validity with a severe penalty: that the heir will receive nothing from the estate. These are known as no contest or in terrorem clauses with the idea being to strike terror into anyone who may challenge the document.
Chanel Reynolds, a mother whose husband died in a bicycle accident, created the website GetYourShitTogether.org to help people do their estate planning.
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Even without notarization, wills can be proved with extrinsic evidence, but at great cost and delay. Margolis & Bloom, Wellesley and Boston, MA, 02481.
We advise executing an out-of-state durable power of attorney and health care directive if you spend several months of the year living in another state.