Standard Legal’s Will documents<\/a> as generated from their legal forms software.<\/p>\nBut by law, Standard Legal cannot analyze your legal document for you when it has been written by another document company, law firm or attorney; doing so is providing legal advice. You must make such an evaluation on your own, engage a local attorney, or contact the local Probate Court that will probate the Will when it is executed.<\/p>\n
If ‘per stirpes’ or ‘per capita’ are not written anywhere within the Will document, you must review the laws of your state to determine the default asset distribution method.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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