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Jasper L.
Edwards
Certain kinds of wills are known variously as
ethical wills, spiritual wills or even
spiritual ethical wills and the reason why you
too should understand what these kinds of will
are is that such wills have, in the recent
past, gained in popularity as compared to the
traditional type of wills, which more often
than not, end up lacking in any kind of
spiritual or ethical content.
Information Of An Intimate Nature
To begin with, the term "ethical wills" refers
to a variety of wills much as is the case of
last wills and even trusts though, in its basic
form, the ethical will is nothing more and
nothing less than an ethical letter that
contains information of an intimate nature
relating to a person, or a group of people.
However, such ethical letters generally do not
contain any list related to inheritance and nor
do they contain promises related to the maker’s
estate.
Before you rush into believing that ethical
wills do not carry any legal weight, it would
be wise for you to consider the factors that
can govern whether such wills are in fact legal
or not. Though, it is legal to write such a
will, it still may not be considered as being a
legally binding document since they may not, in
most circumstances, contain the type of
information needed in order to execute a will
though they may certainly contain as promise
regarding how the estate be divided amongst
beneficiaries.
Thus, to ensure that any ethical wills that you
may be considering making be considered legal,
you need to ensure that such wills include all
of the elements contained in last wills and
even in trusts which will help ensure their
legal standing.
It is however up to the court to decide on the
legality of your ethical wills and thus there
must be included in such wills signs that you
did in fact, intend this will to be your last
will and trust. Thus, you should, at the very
beginning of your ethical wills include simple
statements to the effect that you are creating
the ethical will with a view to making it your
trust and last will because such statements
will help to ensure that the ethical wills is
considered a legally binding document.
However, a better way of ensuring that your
ethical wills is indeed considered to be
legally binding is to get an attorney to create
the segments that pertain to finances as well
as legal aspects and then add whatever other
information and material you wish to include in
such wills.
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