SAMPLE DOCUMENT
CODICIL TO
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
_________________________
(insert name above)
I, ____________, residing and domiciled in the City of _______________,
County of ______________, and State of _______________, hereby make, publish and
declare this to a CODICIL TO MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT dated ___________ (enter
date of Will).
I give ____ percent (%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to United Way of Dane
County Foundation, Inc. of PO Box 7548, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, as an unrestricted gift.
In all other respects my Last Will and Testament shall remain as written and published.
I, [Name], the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ___ day of _________, 20___, and
being first duly sworn, declare to the undersigned authority all of the following:
1.
I execute this instrument as the [First] Codicil to my will.
2.
I sign this [First] Codicil willingly.
3.
I execute this [First] Codicil as my free and voluntary act for the purposes
expressed therein.
4.
I am 18 years of age or older, of sound mind and disposing memory, and
under no constraint or undue influence.
____________________________________
[Signed]
We, [the names of 3 independent witnesses], the witnesses, being first duly sworn, sign
our names to this instrument and declare to the undersigned authority all of the following:
1.
The testator executes this [First] Codicil on the above
date in our presence and declares this to be the testator’s [First] Codicil.
2.
The testator signs this [First] Codicil willingly.
3.
Each of us, in the conscious presence of the testator
and of each other, signs this [First] Codicil as a witness.
4.
To the best of our knowledge, the testator is 18 years of age or older, of
sound mind and disposing memory, and under no constraint or undue influence.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
SIGNED at _________________________, this ______ day of _________, 20____.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF DANE
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