Under Utah law, this will codicil became ineffective because Coleman and Price divorced in 2008.

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So he ruled that there was no marriage and therefore, the handwritten codicil is invalid.

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Decide on this at the time of the loan, put the loan terms in writing and have a lawyer write a codicil to your will.

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Price filed to enforce the codicil by arguing that they were still married, even though they had been divorced, as common-law husband and wife.

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Whitney had almost 20 years to change the will if her intent changed and she easily could have changed the distribution schedule when she signed the codicil in 2000.

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