How to Make a Minnesota Will

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Sourcebooks Inc
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Summary

Your property may not go to who you want it to if you die without a will. How to Make a Minnesota Will explains Minnesota law regarding wills and joint property and includes ready-to-use forms. It will show you how to quickly, easily and inexpensively set up the distribution of your estate so that you will know who gets your property after you. Book jacket.

Author Biography

D-M Boulay received her law degree from Hamline University, and is a mediator and arbitrator. She is a member of the Bar of the State of Minnesota Mark Warda received his J.D. from the University of Illinois in Champaign. He practiced law in Clearwater, Florida

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books v
Introduction ix
Knowing the Basic Rules
1(14)
Will Defined
How a Will Is Used
Joint Tenancy and Probate
Joint Tenancy and Your Will
Joint Tenancy and Risks
Five Typical Ways to Own Property and Assets in Minnesota
Your Spouse
A Spouse's Share
I/T/F Bank Accounts versus Joint Ownership
Securities Registered as I/T/F
Wills and Your Homestead
Exemptions
Marriage and Your Will
Divorce and Your Will
Children and Your Will
Your Debts
Estate and Inheritance Taxes
Annual Exclusion
Deciding If You Need a Minnesota Will
15(6)
What a Will Can Do
If You Have No Will
Out-of-State Wills
What a Will Cannot Do
Using a Simple Will
Who Should Not Use a Simple Will
Making a Simple Will
21(12)
Parties in Your Will
Special Gifts of Personal Property
Specific Bequests
Remainder Clause
Alternate Beneficiaries
Survivorship
Guardians
Children's Trust
Personal Representative
Witnesses
Self-Proving Affidavit
Disinheriting Someone
Funeral Arrangements
Handwritten Wills
Forms
Corrections
Executing Your Will
33(2)
Procedure
Self-Proving Affidavit
After Signing Your Will
35(4)
Storing Your Will
Revoking Your Will
Changing Your Will
Making a Health Care Directive
39(8)
Who Can Make a Health Care Directive
Why You Should Write a Health Care Directive
When to Make a Directive
Preparing a Directive
Storing the Health Care Directive
Changing the Directive
Making Anatomical Gifts
47(2)
Summary Of Wills
49(2)
Glossary 51(4)
Appendix A: Internet Sites 55(2)
Appendix B: Sample Filled-in Forms 57(12)
Appendix C: Blank Forms 69(52)
Index 121

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