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Mary

After my husband died, I moved to a retirement community. I had to leave behind our beloved Purple Martin colony in the hopes the next owners would take care of the martins. Sadly they removed all of the housing. I then firmly decided it was time to take action so I decided to make a bequest to The Purple Martin Conservation Association in my husband’s memory. Trouble was, I had just re-written my will, and I didn’t want to go the time and expense of having a new document drawn just to add a bequest to The Purple Martin Conservation Association.

My lawyer told me that I could set up the gift through a codicil to my existing will. She told me that a codicil is a simple document that makes specific changes to a will – like adding a charitable bequest – but leaves everything else alone. It’s a great solution for making minor adjustments to an estate plan you’re otherwise happy with.

She had the codicil ready for me to sign in two days – and now I can rest easy knowing that the organization that meant so much to Joe and me will be hearing from us once again.

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