Generally, there is no requirement that Will or Living Will documents must be re-drawn when a person moves from one state to another, provided that the original document meets even the basic requirements of each state’s laws.

If there is any doubt regarding the validity of your documents, we suggest you create new ones, given that doing so is so very affordable using Standard Legal’s do-it-yourself legal forms software.

Let’s use an example of a husband and wife who do not “mix finances”. The wife owns the house solely in her name, and the husband has a business solely in his name with debts both personal and under the business. They carefully keep completely separate bank accounts, credit card accounts, etc. [ Read More… → ]

Generally, a Last Will and Testament outlines the distribution of a person’s assets upon his or her death, while a Living Will defines the type of health care a person wishes to receive if incapacitated and unable to make such decisions directly.

In most instances, the person who is creating either one of these documents should [ Read More… → ]