The Importance of Legal Guidance
Since each state has unique
estate laws, an experienced attorney will provide you with legal guidance to
ensure the instructions or bequests in your Will are legally permissible in
your state. Using free form documents from the internet could lead to
inaccuracies or invalidate certain provisions of your Will.
An attorney will
assist you both in crafting legally appropriate provisions for your Will
according to your wishes and will also ensure that your Will is properly executed
(signed) according to state law. Without the help of an attorney, provisions of
your Will may be vague, ambiguous, inconsistent, or you may unintentionally omit
someone from your Will.
The Process of Obtaining a Will
Your attorney should
make your estate planning journey simple and easy to understand. At Meriwether &
Tharp, we have drafted many Wills and are familiar with Georgia's unique
estate laws.
When you contact
M&T for a Will, our intake team will gather your personal information and connect
you with an attorney for a free telephone consultation. Our team will schedule
you for a meeting with your attorney, where the attorney will ask questions to
become familiar with your unique case.
Your attorney will
assist you in completing an estate planning checklist, where they will begin
compiling information specific to your case. This information will mainly relate
to the different types of property you have and how you wish for your property
and possessions to be distributed upon your death.
Once you have met
with your attorney, your legal team will draft a unique Will to suit the
individual needs and requests for your case. When the Will is finished, your legal
team will send you a copy for review. Once you review and approve the written
Will, your legal team will arrange a meeting where your Will can be properly executed
and copies will be made. In addition to your Will, M&T provides our Will clients with an Advance Healthcare Directive, which
Written by: Rebekah
Ann James