A codicil is a formal amendment to an existing will. It is a separate document, signed and witnessed in the same way as the original will, that adds to, changes, or removes specific parts of your will without replacing it entirely.
For minor changes, a codicil works fine. For significant changes — a new main beneficiary, a new executor, a major redistribution of the estate — writing a new will is usually cleaner. A new will includes a revocation clause that cancels all previous wills, which avoids any ambiguity between the original document and its amendments.
PureWill does not currently offer codicils. If you need to make changes to an existing will, the straightforward option is to write a new one.
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