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Do you need two people to witness you sign your will? Three? What about a notary?

Most Virginians know that the law of the commonwealth provides for a certain order of inheritance for a person’s property if that person dies without a will. In legal parlance, dying without a will is known as dying “intestate” and the law dealing with what happens when someone dies intestate is known as the “intestacy

Perhaps you’ve had someone tell you that you “should really think about getting a will,” or maybe you’ve had that thought yourself. But what exactly counts as a will? Can you simply write “the kids get all my stuff” on a napkin, file that away and check “make a will” off your to-do list? Well,