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BE
IT REMEMBERED that I, NAME
of CITY
, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, but
knowing the uncertainty of this life, do make this my last Will and Testament hereby
revoking all former wills by me at anytime heretofore made.
After the
payment of my just debts and funeral charges, I bequeath and devise as follows:
FIRST:
I nominate and appoint my spouse
NAME, of CITY , Executor
of this my last will and testament. In the
event my spouse predeceases me, dies while serving, fails to qualify or declines to
serve, I nominate and appoint NAME of
CITY, MA. and NAME
of CITY
, MA. Co-Executors of this my last will and testament.
I direct that if either of my named Co-Executors predeceases me, dies while
serving, fails to qualify or declines to serve, that the survivor serve alone.
I
direct that my Executor or Executrix be exempt from furnishing any surety or sureties on
his/her bond.
SECOND:
I nominate and appoint my spouse,
NAME, Guardian under this will should such appointment be necessary. In the event
my spouse predeceases me, dies while serving, fails to qualify or declines to serve, I
nominate and appoint NAME
of CITY , MA. Guardian of this my
last will and testament.
I
direct that my Guardian(s) be exempt from furnishing any surety or sureties on
his/her/their bond.
THIRD:
I nominate and appoint
NAME of
CITY, Massachusetts and NAME of
CITY, Massachusetts, Co-Trustees under this will should such appointment be
necessary. In the event either of my
Co-Trustees predeceases me, dies while serving, fails to qualify, or declines to serve,
the other may serve alone. I direct that my
Trustee(s) be exempt from furnishing any surety or sureties on his/her/their bond.
FOURTH:
All the rest residue and remainder of my property, real, personal, or mixed of
whatsoever kind and nature and wheresoever located of which I shall die seized or
possessed or over which I may have the power of testamentary disposition at the time of
my decease, I give, devise and bequeath to my spouse, NAME
, provided said spouse survives me thirty days.
FIFTH:
In the event my spouse does not survive me thirty days then all my property,
real, personal, mixed of whatsoever kind and nature and wheresoever located of which I
shall die seized or possessed or over which
I may have the power of testamentary disposition at the time of my decease, I give,
devise and bequeath to my children, NAME and
NAME and any other children born or adopted of my marriage to
NAME in equal shares; in the event
any of my children shall predecease me leaving lawful issue, then his or her share to
such issue; and in the further event any of my children shall predecease me leaving no
issue then his or her share is to be divided among my surviving children or the
surviving issue of any of my children that predeceases me per stirpes and not per
capita.
If any of my children have not reached the age of twenty-two (22) years, or have
graduated from college, whichever should first occur, I direct that his/her entire share
be held in Trust by the Trustees named in Clause Third of this will for the benefit of
said child, for his/her health, welfare and education until such time as he/she attains
the age of twenty-two (22) years or have graduated from college, whichever should first
occur. At that time, my Trustees shall terminate the Trust and pay over the
principal and interest in the Trust to said child free and clear of all trusts.
SIXTH:
In extension of and not in limitation of the powers given my Executor and the
Trustees by law or other provisions of this will, my Executor and the Trustees shall
each have the following powers with respect to property in the Estate or the Trust, as
the case may be, in each case to be exercised from time to time in his/her discretion
without order or license of any court regarding principal and/or income by following
generally accepted accounting principles as the same shall exist from time to time.
1.
To invest some or all of the property of my Estate or Trust in any common trust
fund now or hereafter established or administered by any fiduciary appointed hereunder,
without any notification to any of the beneficiaries.
2.
To invest and reinvest in stocks, shares and obligations of corporations, of
unincorporated associations or trusts and of investment companies or in any kind of
personal or real property in any state or jurisdiction, notwithstanding the fact that
any or all of the investments made are of a character or size which but for this express
authority would not be considered proper for fiduciaries, to retain indefinitely and
without liability my personal residence as part of the trust of my estate.
3.
To sell at public or private sale, to exchange, to mortgage, to lease and to make
contracts, concerning real and personal property for such considerations and upon such
terms as to credit or otherwise as he/she may determine, which leases and contracts may
extend beyond the administration of my Estate and term of the Trust; to give options
therefore; to execute deeds, transfers, mortgages, partial releases, assignments and
discharges or mortgages, leases and instruments of any kind, without liability on the
part of any person dealing with him to see to the application of the proceeds, to
foreclose and to purchase at foreclosure sale.
4.
To receive all rents or other amounts due from any rental or other business real
estate, including any personal property used in conjunction therewith; to enter into,
maintain, repair, improve, manage and operate all such property; to effect and maintain
insurance; to pay all taxes and assessments; to extend, renew, replace, increase or pay
off any mortgage or mortgages; to abandon such property or part thereof; to adjust
boundaries; to grant easements; to dedicate for public use; to join with Co-owners and
others in dealing with real estate in any way; to partition; to enter party-wall
contracts; to insure or perfect title; to demolish or erect buildings; and to do all
other things necessary or proper in the management and operation of such property.
5.
To settle, compromise, arbitrate or contest any claim
by or against the Trust or my Estate or any other matter directly or indirectly
affecting the Trust or my Estate.
6.
To determine whether and to what extent receipts should be deemed income or
principal, whether and to what extent expenditures should be charged against income or
principal and what other adjustments should be made between income and principal by
following generally accepted trust accounting principles as the same shall exist from
time to time.
7.
To vote in person, or by general or limited proxy or power of attorney, with or
without power of substitution, with respect to any shares of stock or other securities
held by him/her; to consent, directly or indirectly or through a committee or other
agent, to the reorganization recapitalization, consolidation, merger, dissolution or
liquidation of any corporation of which the Trust or my Estate may have an interest, or
to the sale, lease, pledge, or mortgage of any property by or to any such corporation;
and to make any payments and to take any steps which he/she shall deem necessary or
proper to enable him/her to obtain the benefit of any such transaction.
8.
When dividing or distributing the principal of my Estate or the Trust, whether
before or after termination of the Trust, to make such division or distribution wholly
or partly in kind by allotting and transferring specific property or undivided interests
therein as a part of or the whole of any one or more shares or payments at market values
at the date or dates of any such division or distribution, and to make any share or
payment different in kind from any other share or payment, all without regard to the
income tax basis of specific property so divided or distributed and without the
necessity of making any equitable adjustment among beneficiaries or with respect to
income and principal accounts of the Trust because of the tax or other effect of such
division or distribution.
9.
To keep any and all securities or other property in the form of street
certificates or in the name of a nominee without indication of any fiduciary capacity or
in the name of any corporate fiduciary appointed hereunder without disclosing its
fiduciary capacity.
10.
To employ investment counsel, custodians, brokers, agents and attorneys.
11.
From time to time to borrow money upon such terms and conditions as he/she shall
deem advisable from any person, firm, corporation, estate, trust or other entity,
including any corporate fiduciary appointed hereunder in its capacity as a banking
corporation, to execute promissory notes or other obligations for monies so borrowed for
such term or terms, whether or not extending beyond the administration of my Estate, the
term of any trust, as he/she shall determine, and, if required by the lender, to secure
the payment of any amounts so borrowed by mortgage of pledge of any property, real or
personal (except for any property specifically devised or bequeathed by this
will.)
12.
In determining net income, to set aside and keep on hand whatever reserves he/she
shall deem wise for taxes payable by him/her, for expenses, present or future, including
reasonable compensation for his/her services, to provide for fluctuations in gross
income, for taxes, assessments, insurance, repairs, betterments, depreciation,
obsolescence, general maintenance and other such purposes in such amounts as he/she
shall deem advisable.
13.
To apply all or any part of the income or principal being held hereunder for any
minor or incompetent person directly to or for the benefit of such minor or incompetent
person or to his or her parent or guardian or to a custodian for such minor under the
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of any jurisdiction or to such other persons as he/she shall
deem proper, without liability on his/her part to see to the application thereof.
Any such payment or application shall constitute a discharge of the fiduciary to
the extent thereof.
14.
To make any loans, whether secured or unsecured, in such amount, upon such terms,
at such rates of interest or without interest, and to such persons, estates, firms, or
corporations as he/she shall deem advisable. The
Trustee(s) may if in his/her discretion he/she shall deem it advisable, purchase for the
account of the Trust any part or all of the assets comprising my Estate.
15.
I specifically authorize my Trustee(s) to pay over to the Guardian(s) of the
minor children, monthly amounts to compensate for the children's' expenses and any other
major expenses incurred on behalf of the children including but not limited to
educational expenses.
SEVENTH:
In
the event that my wife predeceases me and in the event that my children predecease me
leaving no lawful issue, then I direct that my property, real and personal, be sold and
the proceeds divided as follows:
1/2
to my wife's parents, NAME of
CITY, STATE. as joint tenants with rights of survivorship; and,
1/2
to my mother, NAME , of
CITY, STATE.
EIGHTH:
The
interest of any beneficiary hereunder, either as to income or principal, shall not be
anticipated, alienated or in any other manner assigned or pledged or promised by such
beneficiary, and shall not be reached by or be subject to any legal, equitable or other
process, including any bankruptcy proceeding, or be subject to the interference or
control of creditors or others in any way or manner, and all payments to or interest of
any married beneficiary shall be free from the control of the spouse of said
beneficiary.
NINTH:
All
devises and legacies contained in this Will are given upon the express condition that
the respective devisees and legatees shall not oppose the probate of this Will, and if
any devisees or legatees shall oppose the probate of this Will, then in that event, I
revoke all devises and legacies hereby given to such person or persons, and I give
devise and bequeath said devises or legacies to such person or persons that would be
entitled to the same under this Will had the person attacking this Will predeceased me.
TENTH:
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Will, I direct that if any persons
hereinabove named as legatee or devisee under this my Will shall die within thirty (30)
days after my death, the foregoing provisions of this Will shall be construed and take
effect for all purposes and in all respects as if each person so dying within thirty
(30) days after my death had predeceased me.
ELEVENTH:
If my spouse and I die in a common disaster and it cannot be determined who died
first, it is to be presumed I predeceased my spouse.
On this day of A.D., 1994, I, NAME, the undersigned Testator, do hereby declare that I signed and executed this instrument as my last will, that I signed it willingly in the presence of each of said witnesses, and that I executed it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes herein expressed.
______________________________
NAME
We, the undersigned witnesses, each do hereby declare in the presence of the
aforesaid Testator that the Testator signed and executed this instrument as her last
will in the presence of each of us, that she signed it willingly, that each of us hereby
signs this will as witness in the presence of the Testator, and that to the best of our
knowledge the Testator is eighteen (18) years of age or over, of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence.
______________________________
Witness
______________________________
Witness
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY
OF MIDDLESEX
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by the said Testator and
witnesses this
day of
,2001
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Notary Public
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