{"id":585,"date":"2013-02-21T14:14:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/new-will-show-to-beneficiaries\/"},"modified":"2013-02-21T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:14:21","slug":"new-will-show-to-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/new-will-show-to-beneficiaries","title":{"rendered":"If My Father Made a New Will But Didn&#8217;t Show it to All Siblings, Is It Invalid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it is wise for the Maker of a new Last Will and  Testament to distribute copies to all of the potential beneficiaries of that new document, there is no legal obligation  to do so.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The failure to widely distribute a new version of a Will does NOT make  that new version invalid.<\/p>\n<p>The new Will is valid from the date it is signed and witnessed. 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