Mutual Wills
…and the wills may be combined into one document as joint wills. Once one of the testators dies and the survivor elects to take property under the provisions of a…
…and the wills may be combined into one document as joint wills. Once one of the testators dies and the survivor elects to take property under the provisions of a…
…decedent has a surviving spouse or state registered domestic partner, he or she will receive all of the decedent’s community property, plus: one-half of the decedent’s separate property if the…
…if you are ineligible to use a simple will in place of more complex estate planning tools; explain many of the major legal concepts that relate to drafting wills under…
…it contains before moving on to the next entry. Work your way through all of the entries, one by one, until you have completed every entry on this page. This…
…may be made from either the decedent’s community property or separate property. The purpose of the family support award is to provide for a decedent’s surviving spouse or domestic partner…
…her beneficiaries, who are quite often different than those who would inherit the testator’s property as his or her heirs if the testator died intestate. Therefore, it is very common…
…very specific steps provided in the disclaimer statute.1 A person making a disclaimer should only do so with a complete understanding of the effects of the disclaimer. We strongly recommend…