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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Question for the legal experts here:
My elderly parents had wills drawn up by a lawyer in town. My folks have multiple middle names and one of them was omitted in the legal documents drawn up (as compared to their passport)
Is this a problem?
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That's not been a major issue in a non-contested estate in my experience.
My experience (I do a probate/administration application or two every week) is that the courts don't usually scrutinize the name all that thoroughly. What you need to ensure is that when it comes time to probate that you ensure that how the names are listed on Land Titles or financial institution accounts are included as one of the 'aka' names on the application.
Now if the Estate becomes contentious you may be out of luck as names and identification may become more important when dealing with litigation (our firm doesn't practice in litigation so i have no experience in those matters).