Dare to Make a will
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Make a will to protect your assets and finances. A will ensures your possessions are distributed to the right family members or friends if you pass away, and can be made at any age.
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Answering all those questions was harder than I thought... when it came time to choose POA's. Glad we chose to used a lawyer... lots of questions! Big stress relief! Feel better having our wishes and POA's on official record rather than having the courts decide what we wanted done. This is something we've put off for years, glad it's done.
I got a template for an advance health care directive -- I know it is not a will, but it is all part of my end of life decision making plan.
Where did you get it? Somewhere on line? I am single and my kids live out of state. There isn't really anyone I would feel comfortable having that responsibility.
I have a couple of options for where to start my will:
- use the format my mother used on her will (cheap option)
- contact a lawyer and ask him/her to draft a will for my husband and I (probably expensive)
- look online for a service that provides will templates (probably best option)
I know Nolo has templates for all of the requested documents. They use to be free or very low cost, not so much any more. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Here is a very good web site: http://www.lectlaw.com/formb.htm
Getting your will done can be both cumbersome and expensive. If you go through Prepaid Legal they will do one for you for free. That is how I got mine done. They will even update it for you every year at no charge. For more info on how to enroll go to www.prepaidlegal.com/info/jeremiahbarnett
Not cool advertising your own services and pretending like you're a customer...especially for an attorney. Some Model Rules of Professional Conduct issues there.
The key to writing a Novel is to write.... just write... anything I mean every day writing what comes to mind keeping the goal in focus results not in the Novel but something that can be edited or rescanned for ideas at a later date.... working towards the final book.
The same goes for a Will. Start taking notes, either mental or recorded on paper or digitally about what is important to you.
Then when it comes to how to organise ones affairs the ideas that somehow can get overlooked in the fussiness of the moment are not forgotten.
Today I contacted a potential lawyer to draw up my new will for my life as a single parent.
By raevyn on January 18, 2010 at 09:32 AM
What do you all think are excuses people often use for NOT making a will? What makes them put it off? Just wondering.