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 0R9russ@russweninger.com