With a husband and wife, would you prepare one joint
will or two wills?- Russ Weninger -
Some jurisdictions allow for joint wills.
However, Russ Weninger practice is to prepare two wills, one for each
spouse. Joint wills have too many drawbacks.
In particular, a husband and wife’s wishes are not always in line.
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For example, the husband may wish
for one of his siblings to be his
alternate executor, and the wife may
wish for one of her siblings to be her
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In all likelihood, one spouse will predecease the
other, rather than both dying at the
same time.
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Since a joint will may be probated for the spouse who dies first, the second spouse would then likely have to do another will
anyway.
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Calgary Legal Wills of Russ Weninger
Russ Weninger403-265-4496Suite 300,
404 – 6th Avenue SWCalgary, Alberta T2P [email protected]
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