Preparing a will

[Debbie B.]

With all of the recent celebrity deaths and other events going on around me, it has really gotten me to thinking we should be prepared should something happen to me and/or my husband. I'm curious to know how many of you have a will. Would you recommend LegalZoom or is it worth the money to hire an attorney? Also, can you put a custodian for your child in a will? God forbid if something happened to both of us because we honestly have very few options for someone to raise our child should something happen. It suddenly scares me and I want to feel prepared.

[Richard Warren]

It really depends on your assets. If you don't have very much legalzoom or something like it might be fine. But if you have anything worth protecting or children to provide for don't be cheap, see an estate planning attorney.

States have different laws and, therefore, have different strategies that work best.

What it costs to do nothing is very high. States have provisions for people who die intestate (no will) and they usually aren't what you would want.

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