When You’re Married, You need to Write a Legal Will

Write a Legal Will

Remember that marriage cancels any existing wills.  Persons that have a legal will and marry or re-marry will want to create a new will, which is usually less expensive and less complicated than changing an existing will or amending the existing will by the use of a codicil.

One thing we have learned in the recent financial turbulence is that we all need a plan to weave our way through times of financial instability.  The second thing we have learned is that the unexpected will occur. Now that we have once again been reminded of these realities, what will we do about it?

We have two choices.  We can cross our fingers and hope for the best or we can be proactive and take measures to protect our assets and the ones we love.  Today, it is easier than ever to create a legal will that can describe how our assets will be handled, who will care for our dependents, who our executors will be and even how we will be buried. (more…)