Consider the following scenario: A man goes to his lawyer’s office and tells the lawyer that the man would like to draft a will. The lawyer provides the man with a questionnaire and requests that the man go home and meet again in a few days with the questionnaire fully filled out. The man returns home and looks at the questionnaire, which asks about certain assets and whom he would like to name as beneficiaries of his estate. Over the course of the next few days, the man fills out the information.
A few days later, the man and the lawyer meet again. The man presents the questionnaire and the two discuss its contents. The lawyer then says that she will draft a will over the course of the next few weeks and they will meet again to review it.
Two weeks later, the man meets again with his lawyer to go over the will. The lawyer presents a 150-page will, which the two discuss. The man requests a few changes and the lawyer provides input. They decide that they will meet again the following week to finalize the will and execute it.
The following week, the man returns to his lawyer’s office to execute the will. There are witness to attest to the will by signing it. Once completed, the lawyer gives the man a copy of the will and states that she is sealing the man’s will and placing it in safekeeping.
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