Estate planning sounds like a fancy and complicated legal term. But it’s really something so basic that everyone should get their estate planned. It’s not only for the wealthy.
But not everyone necessarily needs to hire an attorney to plan their estate, as many forms can be found online to draft wills. And not everyone has a sophisticated enough estate that it needs to be planned by an attorney.
Still, nearly everyone can benefit from having a lawyer look over their will and overall estate plan. So let’s get into Estate Planning 101 and the basics of planning an estate. Here are three signs you probably need an estate planning lawyer:
To learn more about estate planning, check out FindLaw’s free Guide to Estate Planning which you can download, print out, and share with family and friends. Also take a look at the links below for more information on estate planning and the documents you’ll need for a good estate plan.
Related Resources:
- Can You Include iTunes, eBooks in Your Will? (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
- What Does the Executor of a Will Do? (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
- The Basics: What are the Important Documents in an Estate Plan? (FindLaw’s New York Estate Planning News)
- Sample Basic Will (Annotated) (FindLaw)
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