The will may provide that testator’s spouse shall be presumed to have survived the testator if both should die in a common disaster under circumstances that make it uncertain who died first. If the will does not contain such a simultaneous death clause, Oklahoma’s statute (Title 58, Oklahoma Statutes Annotated, Section 1001) directs that in [...]
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Importance of Legal Assistance
By all means, consult a lawyer in planning and writing your will. If your will is not executed as the law prescribes, or if it attempts to do illegal things, it may be declared invalid. An untrained person is likely to use inaccurate or ambiguous language in drawing his will that when contested would be [...]