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BEWARE OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET

Bruce Brown • Apr 21, 2021

Some people, to save a few bucks, go online to get documents like wills, powers of attorney, and even trusts, and print them out themselves. This could be a very expensive mistake: Saving yourself a few hundred dollars now, in paying a lawyer to do the documents right, may cost your family thousands in probate and legal fees if things are done wrong.

Online forms oftentimes might be fine for whatever state they are written, but they might not fit for Arizona. Online forms also get outdated very quickly, so you really should see an attorney for your estate planning needs.

Also, another things that online forms don’t do is deal with you personally. They don’t explain how things work, how to get prepared for things, and find out what’s going on in your life. For example:

Do you need a simple form, or do you need a more complex form?

Do you pass your house to your children by a beneficiary deed, or do you do it by your will?

These things are important to talk to your attorney about, so that when you do pass, everything goes where you want it to go, simply, smoothly, and easily.

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