Understanding and Determining your Testamentary Intent

I truly believe that everyone needs a will and have provided reason after reason why you need to create a Last Will and Testament ASAP.  These reasons include:

Proper Distribution of Assets – Both in terms fo what you want and what is most efficient
Guardianship Issues – Who is going to take care of children of you pass

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Strange Will Bequests and Estate Plans

Did you ever think your last wishes were weird or strange?  My mom wants Phantom of the Opera playing at her wake; luckily I talked her out of actually putting it in the Will I drafted for her.

My Last Will and Testament has certain provisions for hundreds, if not thousands, of glass coke bottles I have collected. 

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The Wall Street Journal Agrees with Me! Trusts should be Built into Most Wills

Way back in August of 2008 I wrote a Post about Simple Wills.  As you may recall (or just read when you clicked the link) a simple will is usually built as follows:

The problem with Simple Wills (again, as I indicated in 2008) is that don’t usually take care of certain items.  Specifically, I mentioned:

Special

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Top 10 Reasons You Need to Get a Will ASAP

I found out that my dad is having major surgery in a couple weeks, so I had to ask…”Did he have a will, and would he like his son, who works with wills everyday, to make sure it follows his testamentary intent and is tax efficient?”  Well, I was shocked when he told me, he didn’t

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