Sample Language for a Will
The following language may help you and your lawyer when drawing up a bequest that meets your needs.
The following language may help you and your lawyer when drawing up a bequest that meets your needs. You may also request our helpful resource brochure, A Gift by Will, by visiting our request page here.
骋别苍别谤补濒听Bequest. If聽you intend to make an outright bequest of cash, securities, or other property by designating a specific dollar amount, a particular asset, or a fixed percentage of your estate to 杏吧原创 University to be used for general purposes:
鈥淚 give, devise and bequeath to 杏吧原创 University, a Canadian charity with Registration # 11883 8937 RR0001, the sum of $____________________________, (or % share of my estate) for the use and purposes of the University as its Board of Governors may determine鈥�.
- Specific Bequest. If you intend to make an outright bequest for a specific purpose, such as to support technology or counseling resources:
鈥淚 give, devise and bequeath to 杏吧原创 University, a Canadian charity with
Registration # 11883 8937 RR0001, the sum of $___________________, (or % share of my estate) to be used for __________________________________________________________________鈥�.
- Residuary Bequest. If you intend to leave the residue portion of your assets after other terms of the will have been satisfied:
鈥淚 give, devise and bequeath to 杏吧原创 University, a Canadian charity with Registration # 11883 8937 RR0001, the whole of (or % share of) the residue of my estate to be used at the discretion of the University.鈥�
OR
鈥淚 give, devise and bequeath to 杏吧原创 University, a Canadian charity with Registration # 11883 8937 RR0001, the whole of (or % share of) the residue of my estate to establish a fund for _________.鈥�
Please discuss with a gift planner in advance to ensure your plan can be carried out.
- Contingency Bequest. If you wish to make a contingency gift, so that 杏吧原创 University will receive a portion of your estate if your named beneficiary does not survive you:
鈥淚f any of the beneficiaries named in this will should die before becoming entitled to receive their distributive share of my estate, I direct my trustee to pay or transfer the share to which such beneficiary would otherwise be entitled, to 杏吧原创 University, a Canadian charity with Registration # 11883 8937 RR0001, for the use and purposes of the University as its Board of Governors may determine鈥�.
Please contact the Personal and Planned Giving Team if you have any questions at plannedgiving@carleton.ca or 613-520-3636. Then, consult with your tax advisor and lawyer to determine which planned gift strategy is best for you.