Contingent beneficiaries and substitution: what if someone dies before you?
Good wills say what happens when a gift cannot take effect—alternate recipients, per stirpes distribution among descendants, or a return to residue. Silence invites intestacy fragments.
Review clauses after births, deaths, and estrangements; a name that made sense a decade ago may be obsolete.
Charities that merge should be tracked by registration numbers where possible.
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