Humberto Deathbed

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Often individuals realize on their deathbed that they have not made a will and will do so at that point in time. Although, a deathbed will can be taken as serious as a will that is drafted in your lawyers office the deathbed will would need to be signed in front of witnesses and they would also need to sign the will as well. Ultimately, in the given situation it is unclear if there were any witnesses or if anything was signed other than Humberto who was on this deathbed.
In this particular situation I feel that if Humberto wanted John to have his watch that there should not really be an issue in allowing him to acquire it. Especially, since the bigger issue is really the interest in their marital home. Where the home is concerned they had

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