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LEGAL ADVICE
Although you do not need a notary valid and legal, and distributes the
or lawyer to complete a will, it is property according to the instructions
recommended to do one with a notary of the will. Probate can be a long,
or a lawyer, as it will avoid any legal drawn-out legal process, and there
headaches after your passing. Once are some probate-avoidance plans in
your will is complete, it’s recommended place. Simply speak to your attorney
that it is kept somewhere safe and to find out what you can do to avoid
secure outside of your home. If you probate in your area.
do your will through a lawyer, most
law firms will store it for you free of Executors
charge. Many people keep their wills An executor is the personal
in a safety deposit box at a bank, representative of your estate. They
but this is not recommended as the are the person in charge of taking
contents could be sealed at the time control of your assets, paying off
of death. The executor of your will any debts, and distributing assets
should be aware of the location of it. to your beneficiaries per the terms
and conditions of your will. You can
Probate choose anyone to be the executor of
Probate is the legal process that your will, but it is a good idea to choose
transfers the legal title of property from someone who is both competent and
the estate of the deceased to their trustworthy. The person you choose
beneficiaries. During the probate to be executor should be outlined in
process the executor of your will goes your will. Someone you appoint to
before the courts and indentifies and be the executor of your will has the
catalogs all the property you owned, right to refuse, so you should have a
appraises the property, and pays all backup executor in place just in case.
debts and taxes, proves that the will is
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