obgyn65
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I am embarrassed to confess I do not have a Will but decided to write one this year. How did you write yours - did you get a lawyer or did you start in places like this www.legalzoom.com ?
I am embarrassed to confess I do not have a Will but decided to write one this year. How did you write yours - did you get a lawyer or did you start in places like this www.legalzoom.com ?
I'd use a lawyer if it is your first will. Take advantage of it to learn the concepts and terminology. Perhaps you'll then be comfortable doing it on your own in future.
I'd use all the software and website resources you've seen so far, and write up your will the way you'd like it to read.I am embarrassed to confess I do not have a Will but decided to write one this year. How did you write yours - did you get a lawyer or did you start in places like this www.legalzoom.com ?
I'd use all the software and website resources you've seen so far, and write up your will the way you'd like it to read.
Then I'd take it to a lawyer for a loophole check and the final signatures/witnessing.
The advantage of using the other resources is that you can spend weeks or months educating yourself on the basics without paying huge lawyer's bills. Your education makes it harder for an unscrupulously aggressive lawyer to overwhelm you with fear, uncertainty, and upselling. Once you're educated you can show up in their office with a draft, tweak it as necessary for your state's probate laws, and be done with it.
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I am embarrassed to confess I do not have a Will but decided to write one this year. How did you write yours - did you get a lawyer or did you start in places like this www.legalzoom.com ?
I think this is great advice . When I did my first will the lawyer went over every possible scenario and it really helped solidify things . I am now on my fourth will and have always used a lawyer . I also got power of attorney and health care surrogate and living will .
if you think you will have tax deferred accounts still in place "when the man comes around"
you may want a trust for those accounts so your beneficiaries can maintain some of
the tax deferred benefits of those accounts. Given that, you may want to
do the lawyer route for the will..