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Writing of wills will protect rights of inheritors
2008-03-02 09:34:44
By Editor
A story is told of an orphan girl whose inheritance has been misused by the inheritance administrator or executor.
The life of the girl has suddenly been turned into that of a pauper, despite the promising future she was to lead, despite losing her parents. It is sad.
The absence of a will plays up prominently behind this kind of denial of Suzan`s rights. Indeed there is a certain reluctance by many people to write wills.
One parent of notable respect puts it: ``A will is a bad omen. It signifies an early departure from life.
I will never write a will, and have actually asked my husband never to write a will.``
Now, that is a belief that may be deeply rooted in many of us, for otherwise how do we explain the absence of a will? Let us face it.
Does a will have to be public? Is it not a secret that is shared only by its author?
While legal experts with highly informed opinion on this issue will certainly enlighten the public on the importance of leaving a will, in a campaign to be launched at the end of this week, we find it opportune to dispel the beliefs associated with omens.
It is understandable that if a will is not made somehow secret, a certain member of the family, or indeed the very person favoured in the will, might hatch a plot to get the wealth and property in that will at the earliest by getting rid of the life of its author. This has happened before, and it is bound to happen again.
It is the agony felt by people like Suzan, who are unjustly cheated of their right that must be arrested.
This can at present be best achieved by writing a will, stating clearly who inherits what.
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