JOINT WILL FOR BLENDED FAMILIES

This Joint Will is made and declared by and Dexter Dicken and Jacklyn Lockman residing at Knoxville, TN 37901. As a blended family, we desire to ensure the protection and fair distribution of our combined assets to our children and other beneficiaries. This document serves as our Joint Will.

Article I: Declaration

We hereby declare this document to be our Last Will and Testament. We revoke all previous wills and codicils made by either of us.

1. Definitions

• Children: This refers to the biological children and stepchildren of both you and your spouse.

• Executor: The individual or institution designated to carry out the terms of this Will.

• Beneficiary: A person or entity entitled to receive assets or benefits under this Will.

Article II: Appointment of Executors

We hereby appoint Alfonso Jewel of Huntsville, AL 35801 as the Executor of this Will. If they are unable or unwilling to act as Executor, we appoint Maryjane Dare of Baton Rouge, LA 70801 as an alternate Executor.

Article III: Distribution of Estate

1. Specific Bequests

We bequeath the following specific gifts:

1. [Description of Item or Asset] to Lyda Fadel

2. [Description of Item or Asset] to Rocky Orn

2. Residuary Estate

The remainder of our estate shall be distributed as follows:

• 50% to our children: Lyda Fadel and Rocky Orn, in equal shares.

• 50% to our grandchildren: [Names of Grandchildren], in equal shares.

3. Guardianship of Minor Children

In the event of our death while any of our children are minors, we appoint Lawrence Orn as the guardian of such minor children.

Article IV: Provisions for Stepchildren

We include the following provisions for our stepchildren to ensure equitable treatment:

• Provision of $25,000 for Cyrus Ortiz.

Article V: Special Instructions and Wishes

We include the following special instructions to be followed:

• Ensure that family heirlooms are maintained within the family.

• Establish a trust fund from our estate for educational expenses of our grandchildren.

Article VI: Miscellaneous Provisions

1. Investment Powers

The Executor shall have all necessary powers to manage, invest, and reinvest estate assets as they deem prudent.

2. Bond

We direct that no bond shall be required of the Executor appointed under this Will.

Signatures

We, and Jacklyn Lockman, the Testators, sign our names to this Will this 10th day of August 2085, at Alabama, and declare that we sign and execute this instrument as our Will, and that we sign it willingly, and that we execute it as our free and voluntary act for the purposes herein expressed, and that each of us is seventeen (17) years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

Jacklyn Lockman

Dexter Dicken

Signed by the above-named Testators as and for their Joint Will, in the presence of us, who, at their request and in their presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses on the date last above written.

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