When it’s time to update your will, you don’t have to start from scratch.

You can use a codicil, which is an addition or an amendment that clarifies or alters your existing will.

I give, devise, and bequeath $ ___________ to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, Toronto, ON for its charitable uses and purposes.

In all other respects I ratify and confirm all of the provision of my said last Will and Testament dated on the _________ day of ______________, 20__.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I sign, publish and declare this instrument to be a Codicil to my last Will and Testament in the presence of the persons witnessing said Codicil at my request this _____ day of ___________, 20__.

_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)

Witnesses

_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)
_________________________ residing at __________________________
(name)

The codicil, to be valid, must be signed in the presence of witnesses, and the original should be placed with your other valuable papers. A copy can go to your lawyer and a copy to SickKids. If you have done your will using an online platform such as Willful or Epilogue you can update your will and add a charity.

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