Quick & legal will book

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Cover Title Page Table of Contents Your Legal Companion for Making a Will 1: Making a Basic Will Is This Will Right for You? Wills 101 Getting It Done How to Proceed 2: Your Beneficiaries Categories of Beneficiaries Shared Gifts Survivorship Period Simultaneous Death Imposing Limits on Your Gifts Disinheritance If You Want to Explain Your Decisions 3: Property Ownership Basic Rules for Giving Away Property Taking Stock of Your Property The Beneficiary Worksheet Types of Property Ownership Marital Property 4: Children Naming a Personal Guardian Managing Minors’ Property Other Concerns About Children 5: Your Executor Choosing Your Executor No Bond Required 6: Estate Planning What Is Probate? Avoiding Probate Federal Estate Taxes State Taxes Second Marriages Other Property Control Matters Incapacity 7: Preparing the Draft of Your Will Determine Which Form to Use Instructions for Form 1 Instructions for Forms 3 and 5 Instructions for Forms 2 and 4 8: Preparing and Signing Your Final Will Making a Final Version Signing and Witnessing Your Will Self-Proving Affidavits A Sample Completed Will, Including a Self‑Proving Affidavit Letters of Explanation 9: Storing and Copying Your Will Storing Your Will Making Copies of Your Will 10: Changing or Revoking Your Will When to Make a New Will Making Simple Changes in Your Will by Codicil Revoking Your Will 11: Going Further Writing a More Complex Will General Information on Estate Planning Probate-Avoiding Living Trusts Creating Documents for Health Care Creating a Durable Power of Attorney for Finances Using Lawyers Appendix A: Using the Downloadable Forms Editing RTFs List of Forms Appendix B: Forms Will Form 1. Married With Child(ren), Property to Spouse Will Form 2. Married With No Children Will Form 3. Single, Divorced, o r Widowed With Child(ren) Will Form 4. Single, Divorced, o r Widowed With No Children Will Form 5. All-Purpose Will Beneficiary Worksheet Additional Specific Gifts Will Codicil Appendix C: Probate Exceptions by State Index Book Registration Additional Wills, Trusts & Probate Resources at Nolo.com