Getting your will written and signed . . .

[John Holzmann]

This past week I was reminded again how important it is to get a will. Even if you own "nothing," as someone said, if you don't have a will, the State has one it will be happy to give you . . . and your heirs.

And that's the problem. Most especially if you have young kids--i.e., minors--still dependent upon you.

Think about it. Do you have any relatives in whose care you'd prefer not to leave your children? Maybe you'd like to take a slightly stronger hand in preparing for the possibility of your demise . . . "just in case"?

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Curious: Supposing you were not ready to hire an attorney to draft your will for you, have you found a website, some software, some draft forms, or a book that contained the kind of information and help you needed in order to deal with these kinds of issues--not just the kids, but your living will, your medical power of attorney and so forth?

What have you used? What did you like? What did you not like?

Any specific verbiage you particularly appreciate(d)?