Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

DIY wills are not a good idea. They are fill-in-the-blanks, do not cover issues that each person should think about, and may not be valid or lead to costly contests after you die.

Your will documents should also include Power of Attorney, Health Care Directives and Health Care Power of Attorney.

Have an estates lawyer help you. The cost will be relatively small compared to what it will cost your heirs to straighten out the resulting mess -- unless you don't care about the problems they will have at that time. Do you really want to risk your documents being ineffective?

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