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My sign. other of nearly 22 years made me executor of his estate. He died Nov. 8, 2020 and his 2 grown daughters came from Charlotte, NC & Fort Mill, SC to help me with arrangements. One (with her teen age daug.) stayed at my house for a week & a half (the other daug. was in my house for 3 days only) before he was buried. The night after he died both daughters were in my living room and I read the will & shared all his other information - his wishes, investments, life insur., etc. It never occurred to me to lock up these papers so I left everything, along with the funeral info., on my table. I had nothing to hide. While the 2 daug. and I were in the Probate Clerk's office Jan. 6th one of them calls to everyone's attention that some inheritance numbers in the will had been written over....she's the only one who seemed to notice. Probate Clerk said not to worry that she'd have it arbitrated at a later date. I'd like the will tampering investigated now before I release any $
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Almost no courts will accept written over numbers but will enforce the original ones. Those are the amounts you will be required to disburse. Any amendment to a Will (called a "Codicil") must be signed by the testator, witnessed and notarized just like the original Will.
You can, of course, call your grandaughter's or granddaughters' actions to the court's attention and, if you have evidence tending to prove who did this, seek legal action against them. Your probate attorney can include in the required Notice to Beneficiary a statement that the Will was tampered with, that the action was legally ineffective and that it exposes the actor to civil and ciminal liability, citing the applicable Virginia statutes.
Answered on Jan 11th, 2021 at 5:07 AM
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