2007-05-16 02:08:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The key is to make sure you follow all of the requirements of your state laws. The form itself is irrellevant as most states allow handwritten wills....the benefit a lawyer provides is that your will is validly done. For instance lets say you do it youself and you get one witness....and your state requires 2 witnesses and you didn't know that...after you die your will is declared invalid by the probate court and your property is distriibuted via intestate laws...which obviously you don't want. So make sure you consult an attorney or find the laws on making a valid will in your state.
2007-05-16 02:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Luv 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See a lawyer. If you download one on the web, you have no idea who wrote it or if they knew what they were doing, or if the programmers who select the requirements for your state got their database correctly loaded with the right state codes and table references to the right requirements, and you don't know if they ever checked for changes to the law since they put it on the web. Your heirs and estate can't sue them for screwing it up, either.
What you have to face is that if something is wrong with your Will, YOU will never know. Any problem will only be discovered after it is too late to have it fixed.
A good lawyer will probably charge about $500 for a Will. You pay less than that for car insurance, and you hope to never need it. It makes no sense to be cheap about an event you know for certain will happen, it's just a question of when. If $500 seems like too much to insure that it's done right, then maybe you're just as well off without a Will at all.
2007-05-16 09:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋