This article or post will describe the duties of an executor. The executor is the person that you appoint to execute all your wishes in your last will and testament. The first thing the executor does is, he or she takes your will and presents it to the probate court in the form of a …
Do I have to take what I’m given in a will?
Today I’m going to talk about what to do when a will gives you something you really don’t want, for one reason or another. If a will gives you something you don’t want, you can simply disclaim it and say you don’t want it. Then you don’t get it. The will can’t force you to …
Contesting a Will
In the movies and in general people think you can contest or “fight” a will because you aren’t getting what you deserve or what you want. But there are specific grounds on which you can contest a will. First, to contest a will, you need to have standing, but what does that mean? Standing means …
Three Documents Everyone Needs
There are three documents that are the foundation of your estate plan. The three are your will, your power of attorney, and your healthcare power of attorney, sometimes called an advance directive, healthcare proxy. There are a few different names for essentially the same document. Why are these the three foundational documents of your estate …