- 1). Include your name, burial information and how your finances will pay any debts. List any charities you would like to donate money or personal possessions to.
- 2). List all beneficiaries of your possessions. Start the statements with "I hereby bequeath my..." and follow with each item and to whom you are giving it to.
- 3). Include who you want to give your estate to starting with "I hereby bequeath the remainder of my estate to..." and list the person or people. Don't forget to describe what powers they will have as well. In case a beneficiary passes away before you do, add a contingent beneficiary who will receive your possessions instead of them.
- 4). Choose a guardian to take care of your children, if any, and designate an executor or a personal representative to handle your debts and manage the distribution of your property after you are deceased if you prefer.
- 1). Create a living will to express your wishes in case you become terminally ill or permanently unconscious and cannot make decisions. This includes whether or not you want to participate in life-sustaining procedures.
- 2). Hand write the declaration and sign at the end. It must also include the signature of a witness who is more than 18 years of age. This person cannot be your medical care provider, operator of care facility, or power of attorney for health care, nor can they be beneficiaries named in your will.
- 3). Create a health care proxy, if desired, that will give someone else the right to make decisions for you. In most cases, this form is signed at the same time as the will.
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