‘Mutual wills’ depend more on trust than law

By Alan Cooper
Published: July 19, 2011

Tags: Elder Law, Hanover County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy S. Fisher, Newport News Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Virginia News

Second marriages and “first” children are generating more issues in estate-planning practice, as couples continue to divorce and remarry before they can celebrate that golden anniversary with one spouse. One of those issues is making sure the children of each spouse get treated equitably when the last parent dies. Mutual wills, sometimes accompanied by a contract to ...

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