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Posted: 12/9/2021 1:29:54 AM EDT
I will be having surgery next week and I would like to have a "Last Will and Testament" just in case, can anyone help me with some type of template or advice?
Link Posted: 12/9/2021 2:04:57 AM EDT
[#1]
Nolo Press is a great place to start.

Nolo is a website dedicated to bringing law stuff to mortals like you and me.
Link Posted: 12/9/2021 8:35:31 AM EDT
[#2]
I erred when helping my parents write theirs.  I had them notarize them but in my state that means nothing, must be two witnesses.
Link Posted: 12/9/2021 10:45:27 AM EDT
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I strongly recommend you get with a local lawyer if you're interested in getting the result you want. This is an area where people try to save a little money and cost their family a great deal of money, time and stress in sorting things out later due to mistakes like the one mentioned above.
Link Posted: 12/9/2021 10:26:09 PM EDT
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I strongly recommend you get with a local lawyer if you're interested in getting the result you want. This is an area where people try to save a little money and cost their family a great deal of money, time and stress in sorting things out later due to mistakes like the one mentioned above.
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Which is exactly what my mother did by going DIY.  She did it wrong and ended up passing intestate which cost ten times as much as the legal fees to have an attorney draft everything up correctly while she was still alive.
Link Posted: 12/11/2021 12:26:53 PM EDT
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A lawyer friend of mine says he makes more money handling estates with DIY wills than he does working on estates without wills.
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