LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
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I, [fillable 2], of [fillable 3]x County, Colorado, make this my Last Will and Testament, and I revoke all Wills and Codicils previously made by me.
ARTICLE I
Family
I am not married, and I have one child now living, namely, [fillable 4 – child’s name]. All references in this Will to "my child" are to [select – him or her] and all references in this Will to "my descendants" are to my child and to all of [select – his or her] descendants.
ARTICLE II
Specific Devise of Tangible Personal Property
ARTICLE III
Devise of Residue
ARTICLE IV
Personal Representative Nominations
ARTICLE V
Personal Representative Powers
Each Personal Representative shall, to the extent permitted by law, act independently and free from the control of any court as to my estate (and as to all of the property of my estate). Each Personal Representative shall have and possess all powers and authorities conferred by statute or common law in any jurisdiction in which such Personal Representative may act, including all powers and authorities conferred by the Colorado Probate Code and by any future amendments thereto, except for any instance in which such powers and authorities may conflict with the express provisions of this Will, in which case the express provisions of this Will shall control. In addition to such powers and authorities, each Personal Representative shall have and possess the following powers and authorities (each of which shall be exercisable in the discretion of such Personal Representative) with respect to my estate, and the following provisions shall apply to my estate:
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous Provisions
ARTICLE VII
No Contest Clause
If any beneficiary of my estate in any manner, directly or indirectly, contests the probate or validity of this Will or any of its provisions, or institutes or joins in, except as a party defendant, any proceeding to contest the probate or validity of this Will or to prevent any provision hereof from being carried out in accordance with the terms hereof, then all benefits provided for such beneficiary and such contesting beneficiary's descendants are revoked and shall pass as if that contesting beneficiary and such contesting beneficiary's descendants had failed to survive me. Each benefit conferred herein is made on the condition precedent that the beneficiary receiving such benefit shall accept and agree to all of the provisions of this Will, and the provisions of this Article are an essential part of each and every benefit. My Personal Representative shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with the defense of any such contest. Such reimbursement shall be made from my estate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, [fillable 11], the Testator, sign my name to this instrument consisting of ten (10) pages, including that bearing the attestation of the witnesses, each of which pages bears my respective initials at the foot of the text thereon, and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my Last Will and Testament, that I sign it willingly, that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence. I hereunto sign my name on the XXXXXXXX day of XXXXXXXX, 20 XXXXXXXX.
[fillable 12], Testator
On the day and year last above written, the foregoing instrument, consisting of ten (10) pages, including the page on which this attestation clause appears, was subscribed by the Testator, [fillable 13], in our presence and was at the time declared by the Testator to be the Testator’s Will; and we at the same time, in the Testator’s presence and at the Testator’s respective request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses, and we do hereby certify that at the time of the execution of said Will, the said [fillable 14] was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding.
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Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared [fillable 15], ______________________________ and _______________________________, known to me to be the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing instrument in their respective capacities, and, all of such persons being by me first duly sworn, the said [fillable 16], testator, declared to me and to the witnesses in my presence that such instrument is the testator's last will and testament, and that the testator had willingly made and executed it as the testator's free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed. Such witnesses, each on the witness' oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the testator, that the testator had declared to them that such instrument is the testator's last will and testament, and that the testator executed same as such and wanted each witness to sign it as a witness. Upon their oaths each witness stated further that they did sign the will as witnesses in the presence of each other and in the presence of the testator and at the testator's request, and that the testator at that time possessed the rights of majority, was of sound mind and under no restraint.
Subscribed, acknowledged and sworn to before me by [fillable 17], testator, and by _____________________________ and _______________________________, witnesses, on the ______ day of ____________________, 20__.
Notary Public
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