Codicil to a Will or Living Trust

Subscribed and sworn to and acknowledged before me by John J. Smith, the testator, and subscribed before me by

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witnesses, this ____________ day of January 20__.

WHEREAS, I, John J. Smith, of Portland, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, on the 14th day of June 2007, made and executed

my last will and testament in writing; and

WHEREAS, I now desire to make certain changes in my last will and testament;

NOW THEREFORE, I do hereby make, publish, and declare this as a ﬁrst codicil to my said last will and testament to be annexed to

and taken and allowed as part thereof:

First: I hereby amend Item Third of my said last will, by which I provided for cash devises to certain charities by adding thereto a new

Section (D), which reads as follows:

“(D) Devise to Bowdoin College. I devise to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), to be used

for such purposes as the governing body may designate.”

Second: I hereby reafﬁrm and redeclare my said last will and testament in all respects except as hereinabove expressly provided.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, John J. Smith, the testator, on this 12th day of January 20__, being ﬁrst duly sworn, do hereby declare

to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute the one page of this instrument as a ﬁrst codicil to my said last will and testament

and as a redeclaration of my said last will and testament, and that I sign willingly as my free and voluntary act, and that I am eighteen

years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue inﬂuence.

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A WILL OR ESTATE PLAN, YOU CAN MAKE A PROVISION FOR BOWDOIN COLLEGE

WITHOUT REVISING YOUR DOCUMENTS BY ADDING A CODICIL TO YOUR WILL OR ESTATE PLAN.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF LANGUAGE FOR A CODICIL:

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TESTATOR

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THE STATE OF MAINE

COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND

We, the undersigned witnesses, being ﬁrst duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator has signed and

executed this instrument as a ﬁrst codicil to his last will and testament and as a redeclaration of his last will and testament, and that

he signed it willingly, and that each of us, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signs this ﬁrst codicil as witness to the testator’s

signing, and that to the best of our knowledge the testator is eighteen years of age or older of sound mind and under no constraint or

undue inﬂuence.

(SEAL)

WITNESS

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WITNESS

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NOTARY PUBLIC

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MY COMMISSION

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EXPIRES

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