KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, (Name of testator), Filipino citizen, of legal age, single/married to (Name of spouse if any), born on the ____th of ______________, ____ , a resident of (Address), being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under undue influence or intimidation from anyone, do hereby declare and proclaim this instrument to be my Last Will and Testament, in English, the language which I am well conversant. And I hereby declare that:
I. I desire that should I die, it is my wish to be buried according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church and interred at our family mausoleum in Manila;
II. To my beloved wife (Name of wife), I give and bequeath the following property to wit:_________________________ ;
III. To my esteemed children, __________________and _______________________ I give and bequeath the following properties to wit:_______________________________ in equal shares;
IV. To my dear brother, __________________________I give and bequeath the following properties to wit:_______________________________.
V. To my loyal assistant, __________________________I give and bequeath the following properties to wit:_______________________________.
VI. I hereby designate (Name of executor) the executor and administrator of this Last Will and Testament, and in his incapacity, I name and designate _____________________ as his substitute.
VII. I hereby direct that the executor and administrator of this Last Will and Testament or his substitute need not present any bond;
VIII. I hereby revoke, set aside and annul any and all of my other will or testamentary dispositions that I have made, executed, signed or published preceding this Last Will and Testament.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this ________ day of _____________, 20__, in ________________, Philippines.
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(Signature of Testator over Printed Name) ATTESTATION CLAUSE
We, the undersigned attesting witnesses, do hereby affirm that the forgoing is the last Will and Testament of (Name of testator) and we certify that the testator executed this document while of sound mind and memory. That the testator signed this document in our presence, at the bottom of the last page and on the left hand margin of each and every page, and we, in turn, at the testator's behest have witnessed and signed the same in every page thereof, on the left margin, in the presence of the testator and of the notary public, this _____ day of __________, 20__ at____________.
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Signature of Witness Address
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Signature of Witness Address
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Signature of Witness Address JOINT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
BEFORE ME, Notary Public for and in the city of ________________, personally appeared:
The testator ________, with CTC No. _______issued at ________ on ____________;
Witness, __________, with CTC No. ______ issued at ________ on ____________;
Witness, __________, with CTC No. ______ issued at ________ on ____________;
Witness, __________, with CTC No. ______ issued at ________ on ____________;
All known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing Will, the first as testator and the last three as instrumental witnesses, and they respectively acknowledged to me that the same as their own free act and deed.
This Last Will and Testament consists of __ page/s, including the page on which this acknowledgment is written, and has been signed on the left margin of each and every page thereof by the testator and his witnesses, and sealed with my notarial seal.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day, year, and place above written.
Notary Public
Doc. No. _____;
Page No._____;
Book No._____;
Series of 20__.