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Basic Last Will and Testament

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kind: will
title: Basic Last Will and Testament
jurisdiction: US
respondent_type: person
confidential: true
prompts:
  law: "In which state is the testator domiciled? That state's law governs this will."
  testator: "Who is the testator, the person making this will?"
  executor: "Who is the executor, the person who administers the estate?"
  alternate_executor: "Who is the alternate executor, if the executor cannot serve?"
  guardian: "Who should raise the testator's minor children if both parents are gone?"
  beneficiaries: "Who are the beneficiaries? List every person who inherits under this will."
  specific_bequests: "List each specific gift, one row per gift: who receives it and what it is."
  self_proving: "Should the will include a self-proving affidavit?"
choices:
  law:
    CA: California
    NV: Nevada
    NY: New York
    WA: Washington
questionnaire:
  BEGIN: { _: custom_single_choice__law }
  custom_single_choice__law: { _: person__testator }
  person__testator: { _: person__executor }
  person__executor: { _: person__alternate_executor }
  person__alternate_executor: { _: person__guardian }
  person__guardian: { _: people__beneficiaries }
  people__beneficiaries: { _: schedule__specific_bequests }
  schedule__specific_bequests:
    _: custom_yes_no__self_proving
    columns:
      - name: beneficiary
        label: Who receives it
        type: text
      - name: gift
        label: What it is
        type: text
  custom_yes_no__self_proving: { _: END }
  END: {}
workflow:
  BEGIN: { _: lawyer_review }
  lawyer_review: { approved: generate_pdf__will_pdf }
  generate_pdf__will_pdf: { pdf_persisted: witnesses }
  witnesses: { _: _signature }
  _signature: { _: notarization }
  notarization: { _: END }
  END: {}

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Basic Last Will and Testament

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Basic Last Will and Testament

I, , declare this to be my last will and testament. I revoke every prior will and codicil.

I

Declaration

I make this will willingly and of my own sound mind. The sections below name the people I trust to carry out its terms, the people and organizations I want to inherit from me, and the gifts I want made.

II

Executor

I nominate to serve as executor of my estate. If is unable or unwilling to serve, I nominate to serve in that order.

III

Guardianship

If at my death any of my children is a minor, I nominate as guardian of that child's person and estate.

IV

Beneficiary bequests

I give the rest of my estate to the beneficiaries named below. The reviewing attorney settles the shares and any conditions before this will is released.

V

Specific bequests

I make the specific gifts listed below, one row per gift, as the schedule records them.

VI

State-specific provisions

The testator's state of domicile selects the provisions that follow; exactly one state's subsection applies to this will.

Execution

I sign this will on the date below, in the presence of the witnesses who attest below, at the signing ceremony the matter records.

Date: ______________________________

Testator's signature: ______________________________

, Testator

Attestation and acknowledgment

Each witness signs below, attesting to what they saw at the signing. The reviewing attorney supplies the attestation wording this state's law asks for.

Witness's signature: ______________________________

Witness's signature: ______________________________

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