COVID-19 may have you thinking about your estate planning. You may not have a will or living trust or you may need to update an existing will or trust, which is complicated by social distancing.
Fortunately, you can prepare an estate plan from the comfort of your home. You can prepare some of it on your own and have The Honest Lawyer help you with the rest over the phone and online, without any need for an in-person consultation.
Preparing Your Will or Trust
A will allows you to decide who gets your property and control your estate upon death. Without a will, state laws will determine who gets your property and others such as family members are more likely to dispute it.
Having a will is preferable to not having one. But a will may have to go through probate, which is costly and time-consuming.
A living trust often provides a superior alternative to a will. A trust acts like a will, but is designed to avoid the many downsides of probate.
Estate planning can be complicated. Forming a trust almost certainly requires legal assistance. The Honest Lawyer allows you to use the latest technology for your estate planning so that you can avoid needless trips to an attorney’s office.
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Additional Documents for your Estate Plan
Estate plans should address what happens if you are unable to care for yourself. Your estate plan should also identify those who will serve as guardians of your minor children.
There are free forms available to assist you with these matters:
♦ The Durable Power of Attorney for Property lets you appoint an agent to manage your property if you become unable to manage it yourself.
♦ You will want to have an Advance Health Care Directive. This form allows you to designate an agent to tend to your health care matters if you become unable to do so yourself.
♦ If you have minor children, each parent should complete a Guardian of the Estate and Person form for each child.
Please note that the Advance Health Care Directive must be signed in the presence of witnesses and the Durable Power of Attorney must be notarized. (Online notaries are available.)
Even now, you can still do estate planning. You can draft a trust and will with our assistance. You can also prepare your own power of attorney, guardian nomination papers, and advance health care directive while you are at home. So please be safe, but be prepared.
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