Houston Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney Blog
If you are an adult, you need a will. If you are a parent, you need a will that names guardians for your minor children. Anyone who is an adult, should have a will.
The core of an estate plan is a document known as a will, the legal document that tells your heirs and the court how you want your assets handled upon your death. If you don’t have a will and you die, decisions about the distribution of your possessions and property are made by a judge, who likely doesn’t know who you are, or what you might have wanted to happen to your assets. If you have minor children and have not had a will created, then a judge will also be the one making the decisions about your children. That’s probably not what you or your family want to have happen.
Health Day’s recent article, “Wills & Living Wills,” provides some general rules for writing a will: