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Old 09-03-2020, 07:21 AM
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If the original will was prepared by an attorney, you probably don't have a computer file that can be electronically modified. So, you would need to change the document by hand writing the changes. Also, you would need a notary and witnesses. And, you would need an affidavit to make the will self-executing, which means that, when you die, the will can be executed without the witnesses being present. And, finally, I would destroy all other copies of the original will. Of course, no one will know if you did it correctly until after you die.

If you don't want to pay a lawyer, why not just prepare a new will on Legal Zoom, which is cheap and easy to do?