{"id":5323,"date":"2016-10-11T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T09:00:20","slug":"can-make-changes-will-without-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/can-make-changes-will-without-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Make Changes to My Will Without an Attorney?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n

Let’s suppose for a minute that you have taken the advice that we’ve given in this blog several times and you’ve actually completed your estate planning by having a Last Will and Testament prepared. \u3000A few years go by and you pull your Last Will and Testament out to review it and realize that you’d like to make some changes. A thought then goes through your mind. Rather than taking the Last Will and Testament back to the attorney you wonder if you can make handwritten changes to you Last Will and Testament yourself and save some money.<\/p>\n

In Idaho a person can make handwritten changes to their own will so long as those changes are in their own handwriting and are dated and signed. However, there are several problems that can arise if you choose to do this.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Let’s suppose for a minute that you have taken the advice that we’ve given in this blog several times and you’ve actually completed your estate planning by having a Last Will and Testament prepared. \u3000A few years go by and you pull your Last Will and Testament out to review […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nCan I Make Changes to My Will Without an Attorney|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about making changes to your Last Will and Testament we can help. 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