how could it affect the outcome? One cannot 'notarize' intent.
You witnessed his signing a codicil. Would you witness the signature of a person of whom you questioned the capacity, i.e., 'rationality,' to sign such a significant document?
It seems to me, that the family's attorney used you against the interests of the woman of 12 years of this man's life.
I still don't see how notarizing the signature validates the signature over the witnesses. Put another way, how does a notay's stamp super-validate the witnesses' testimony?
I will have my codicils not only witnessed, but notarized, thanks to your story, so that my wishes are carried out, and so some slick lawyer can't (hopefully) override my decisions.
Cheers,
Susie |
| Messages in this Thread |
|  Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - Next Level Notary Services - LaShawn on 5/4/07 1:12pm |
|  Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? -  rengel/CA on 5/4/07 1:22pm |
|  Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - Next Level Notary Services - LaShawn on 5/4/07 1:39pm |
| Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - BrendaTx on 5/4/07 2:00pm |
| Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - Next Level Notary Services - LaShawn on 5/4/07 2:05pm |
|  Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - BrendaTx on 5/4/07 2:13pm |
| If you refer to page 13 in the 2005 Handbook - DogmongerCA on 5/4/07 2:30pm |
|  Re: If you refer to page 13 in the 2005 Handbook - rengel/CA on 5/4/07 3:33pm |
|  Re: If you refer to page 13 in the 2005 Handbook - Joe Ewing on 5/4/07 9:09pm |
| So why is it not in the 2006 handbook?... - BarbaraL_CA on 5/4/07 7:25pm |
| I am not an attorney, so I can only guess - DogmongerCA on 5/5/07 12:18am |
| Re: Addition to a will written on a piece of paper? - Joe Ewing on 5/4/07 3:33pm |
| Great story - but a little creepy! - JanetK_CA on 5/4/07 5:23pm |
 | Joe, if the notarial act was witnessing his signature, then - Susan Fischer on 5/5/07 2:43am |
| Re: Joe, if the notarial act was witnessing his signature, t - MikeC/NY on 5/5/07 7:43am |
| Mike, I guess I'm still confused. How does notarizing a - Susan Fischer on 5/5/07 12:16pm |
| Susan, this applies to wills in NY, not documents in general - MikeC/NY on 5/6/07 11:34am |
|  Ah! Now I see, said the blind woman...Thanks so much, Mike. n/m - Susan Fischer on 5/6/07 1:51pm |
| It is called a codicil - Elizabeth Soliday on 5/4/07 4:38pm |
| Re: It is called a codicil - LJ on 5/4/07 6:10pm |
