| /div> | | | | up the assets and provides an inventory of it to the |
| A will is a legal form that helps you to protect your | | | | probate court. The executor is then responsible for |
| assets and minimize any dispute over the distribution | | | | overseeing the testator's (person who made the will) |
| of your estate when you pass on. When created | | | | assets while distributing them according to the |
| properly, a will is a tool that will control the distribution | | | | specific requests in the will.To make a valid will the |
| of your property upon your death. A will is a legal | | | | person who made the will must have been at least |
| document that helps you to protect your assets and | | | | 18 years old or more and must have signed the |
| minimize any dispute over the distribution of your | | | | document in the presence of two witnesses. For the |
| estate when you pass on. When created properly, a | | | | will to be valid the testator (person making the will) |
| will is a tool that will control the distribution of your | | | | must sign the document in front of two witnesses, |
| property upon your death. Also, you can use a last | | | | and the signature must be notarized in the presence |
| will and testament to appoint a guardian over your | | | | of those same two witnesses.A lot of people get |
| minor child(ren) in the event you pass on. You can | | | | confused between a Trust and a Last Will and |
| also name the person who will manage your estate | | | | Testament. A Trust details how property is held, |
| after you die, to help properly execute the will and | | | | transferred, or owned before the death of the |
| distribute the property to the appropriate | | | | person who made the trust. If a Trust is the legal |
| beneficiaries as directed. If any of these issues are | | | | owner of the transferred property and the testator |
| important to you then you should think about | | | | dies then the transferred property doesn't have to |
| creating a last will and testament.When you have | | | | go through Probate court. This is because a Trust |
| created a will, your assets are distributed to your | | | | doesn't give directive to your wishes over your |
| beneficiaries through an order of the probate court. | | | | assets after your death like a last will does. |
| The executor, which you name in your will, gathers | | | | |