| The year was 1981, the state was Florida,
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| | in their savings account in the
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| and I had just flown back from Germany
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| | expectation of them having that money in
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| for my father's funeral. My sister and
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| | their senior years. The laws of the
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| her family were down from New York, and,
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| | State of Florida said that she no longer
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| a few days after the funeral, we were
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| | had an unchallenged claim to that house
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| sitting with my mother in a lawyer's
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| | or money.Setting aside just a few minutes
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| office in downtown Pensacola. My mother
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| | to visit a lawyer or fill out a legal
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| had just learned that she didn't have any
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| | Will form is simply smart estate
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| say over what happened to the money she
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| | planning. A Last Will and Testament will
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| and my father had saved over the years,
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| | guarantee that your family receives the
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| and she didn't have any control over what
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| | assets of your estate in the manner you
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| happened to the house they had paid for
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| | desire when the time comes. Why allow the
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| together. She was at the mercy of the
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| | uncertain vagaries of state laws and the
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| State of Florida because my father had
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| | decisions of someone who knows nothing of
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| died intestate - without a Last Will &
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| | you or your family affect your spouse's
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| Testament.Fortunately, she and my father
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| | finances or your children's finances
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| had raised their children well. All that
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| | after you die?Creating a legal Last Will
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| was required was for my sister and me to
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| | and Testament document allows you, the
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| sign a paper relinquishing our claims to
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| | maker of the Will, to specify exactly who
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| any part of the estate. Had we not
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| | is to receive the assets of your estate.
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| signed, however, the estate, including
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| | Creating a Will shortens any legal
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| the house, all the money in savings, and
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| | processes exponentially, as the only
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| the $40,000.00 in Certificates of Deposit
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| | major question remaining before the
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| would have been divided among the three
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| | distribution of assets is the
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| of us. That was the law, and that was
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| | authenticity of the Will, which can
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| the result of my father not having a
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| | easily be proven by the signature of the
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| will.My sister and I did not hesitate for
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| | Notary. Creating a Will removes nearly
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| an instant. We signed without any
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| | all questions about the distribution of
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| problem, but how many families could say
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| | the assets of an estate and speeds the
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| that all the possible heirs would be so
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| | transfer of those assets to the
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| compliant and agreeable? Even worse,
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| | designated survivors.Even though the
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| each state has its own way of dealing
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| | obvious value of having a will may fall
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| with the distribution of assets to the
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| | victim to a person's uncertainty about
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| heirs of someone who dies without a last
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| | choosing a lawyer, or the costs
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| will and testament.There are a lot of
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| | associated with hiring an attorney, there
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| options available in addition to the
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| | are many other options available today.
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| commonplace will for protecting the
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| | Many office supply stores have forms for
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| distribution of assets upon someone's
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| | a Last Will and Testament, and there are
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| death, including such things as living
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| | many sites on the internet where you can
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| trusts, but the Last Will & Testament
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| | find forms, software, or services which
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| still ranks as one of the simplest and
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| | will help you prepare a perfectly legal
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| best ways of insuring that your heirs
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| | Will for a fraction of what an attorney
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| will get what you want them to get
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| | would charge. You can even write your
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| without the intervention of courts and
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| | own will if you wish, but be aware that
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| lawyers. Taking that for a fact, a Last
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| | it is easy to say the wrong thing if you
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| Will & Testament is one of the most
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| | are not aware of the requirements of the
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| important legal documents a person can
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| | law, and a good form or software program
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| create during his or her lifetime: it is
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| | will help protect you against most simple
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| the document that determines who receives
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| | errors. Of course, someone with a large
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| the assets of that person upon his or her
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| | estate, or someone with a complicated
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| death.The laws of most states are
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| | distribution problem should contact an
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| designed to provide the assets of an
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| | attorney rather than attempting to
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| estate first to the surviving spouse and
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| | prepare a Last Will and Testament
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| then to any children of that person if
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| | themselves.The author is retired from the
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| the spouse is no longer living, but this
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| | Army after 21 years of service. He has
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| hierarchy of distribution is not always
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| | worked as an accountant, purchasing
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| guaranteed. Indeed, in our case, all
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| | agent, optical lab manager, restaurant
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| three of us, my mother, my sister, and I
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| | manager, instructor and long-haul,
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| were considered to be equal in our claims
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| | over-the-road truck driver. He has been a
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| upon the estate. When you think about
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| | member of Mensa for several years, and
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| it, my mother and father had paid for the
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| | has written and published poetry, essays,
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| house without any help from us, and for
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| | and articles on various subjects for the
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| most of the years she had worked as a
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| | last 40 years. He has been an active
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| grade school teacher, my mother had
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| | internet marketer since 2000, and now
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| willingly put every penny of her paycheck
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| | makes his living online.
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