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writing a will

caranicholecaranichole member
in April 2011 Moms
I know im about 3 months late getting this ball rolling but how do i go about writing a will? do i need to see a certain type of attorney? when i search for info. online, i get a bit overwhelmed.
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Re: writing a will

  • Scout05Scout05 member
    My BIL practices criminal law, but he drew ours up for us. He laid out the areas that we needed to have people in mind for - guardian, executive of the estate, etc.
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  • PAmiler82PAmiler82

    Our financial adviser suggested someone, but we also had someone from the church who is an attorney and offered to do it pro bono.  He told us that a basic will is actually quite simple and his firm has a few forms that we fill out and then he'll sit with us once to go over everything and then draw it up - very simple.

    If you don't know anyone or can't get a recommendation, I'd probably just check the old fashioned yellow pages.  There are pages and pages of attorney ads in ours and many of the ads mention that they do wills.

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  • jtenebackjteneback member
    I would recommend using an attorney who specialized in estate planning.  Some states allow a DIY will although I wouldn't recommend it.
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  • sbmp10sbmp10
    Any attorney can write a will.  We are about 4 years late but my brother takes the bar exam at the end of the month and he has already said as soon as he can he wants to get one done for us.  He will be doing real estate and municipal law.
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  • stefaniew26stefaniew26 member
    as the pp said, any attorney can write a will. we have a friend thats a tax lawyer and he did ours. we included living wills, health care surrogates and all our estate planning. 
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