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What is involved with creating a pour over will and a living trust?
I am wanting a will & living trust. Will the form do both ?; 'legal last will with all property to trust called a pour over will', work for us as a married couple? surviving spouse would inherit, then does the entire document get re-done for the surviving spouse when she dies ?
01/15/2010 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Michigan | #20459Does the Executor Have to Follow the Directions of the Maker of the Will?
Do you have abide by your spouse request on his will when all assets were left to me and I have a new will leaving what assets are left to my granchildren not to his children
01/12/2010 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Tennessee | #20405May I use a codicil to amend my will in Colorado?
Do you have a form referred to as a Codicil the purpose of which is to modify a will?
01/07/2010 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Colorado | #20339Does a Life Estate Deed Eliminate the Need for a Will?
Would using the legal form 'Texas Warranty Deed to Child Reserving a Life Estate in the Parents' avoid the need for a will if all that my mother owns and wishes to grant as inheritance to me is a house?
12/23/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Texas | #20164Can a Person Make Changes to a Will by Adding Revisions and Initialing Them?
Hi. My name is Malu Cortez, a US citizen living in the Philippines. My brother passed away 4 November in Las Vegas and left a typewritten homemade will. This will was drawn and notarized in October 2006. Each time he made handwritten revisions to the will, he intialed and dated it. Will the court honor those revisions?My brother's estate includes bank accounts where a bene...
12/17/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Nevada | #20098Does a Remarriage or Divorce Make a Previous Will Invalid?
I was recently married. My wife has died this year.Her will and Trust is signed by her previous married name and both she & her ex are both deceased. Is her Will and Trust still valid or did the new marraie negate it?
12/14/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Florida | #20056How Do I Leave All of My Estate to Charities?
I want to write a will by myself, with little expense. In my Last will and Testament I wish to give my entire estate to ten or twelve charities. I need a template or form so that I can start writing a will. I have no children. Other family and friends don't need anything.
12/08/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Colorado | #19965Can I Delay the Distribution of Assets to Another in My Will?
does a codicil give or can set a time after my death that my husband would settle and give to my sons my share of the estate...i want that to be within 3 months, is that possible? Before he could chanel funds as he is not their father and I do assume that would be the case from back history of his behavior? When it comes to money I ccould not count on a fair case. please advise...
11/23/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Georgia | #19759Who has the right to make burial decisions once a principal is deceased?
can decisions made concerning funeral and burial dispositions by the agent be changed by a spouse after death of principal ?
11/19/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: Arizona | #19708Do I Have a Right to See My Mother's Will?
Can I obtain a will for my dead mother who passed in August of 2009? My brother who is executor and I do not speak. Is there a way to obtain said document without contacting my only relative?
11/16/2009 | Category: Wills and Estates | State: California | #19648