If I want to change my executor on my Will by doing a codicil, is the charge the same as drawing up a new Will?
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If I want to change my executor on my Will by doing a codicil, is the charge the same as drawing up a new Will?
Asked on February 4, 2011 under Estate Planning, Nevada
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M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
The fees that are charged for various legal transactions varies so much from state to state and area to area that it would be difficult to say. I would think that it would be less expensive since you are just changing one of the paragraphs to the Will and not re-doing the entire thing. Be aware, though, that the procedure for the execution of the codicil is just as important as the procedure for executing a Will. If the attorney that did the Will for you has the Will on his computer and saved in client file then it may be less expensive to have him or her change that paragraph and re-execute the Will in its entirety rather than to draw up a codicil (which still needs witnesses, etc). Call and ask. Good luck
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