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MAKE YOUR OWN MINNESOTA WILL EASILY AND LEGALLY

Your property may not go to who you want it to if you die without a will. How to Make a Minnesota Will explains Minnesota law regarding wills and joint property and includes ready-to-use forms. It will show you how to quickly, easily and inexpensively set up the distribution of your estate so that you will know who gets your property after you.

This book explains in simple language how:
--Minnesota laws affect distribution of your property
--To prepare your own will
--To decide on care for your children
--A joint ownership may overrule your will
--Your spouse can overrule your will
--Marriage can invalidate your will
--You can give your body and organs to help others when you die
--Minnesota laws protect beneficiaries
--To change your will under Minnesota law
--You can avoid probate with bank accounts
--To give treasured items to those who should get them
--You can forbid the use of artificial life-support systems if you become terminally ill
--To know when to consult professionals

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books -

Introduction: -

Chapter 1: Knowing the Basic Rules -
- Will Defined
- How a Will Is Used
- Joint Tenancy and Probate
- Joint Tenancy and Your Will
- Joint Tenancy and Risks
- Five Typical Ways to Own Property and Assets in Minnesota
- Your Spouse
- A Spouse's Share
- I/T/F Bank Accounts versus Joint Ownership
- Securities Registered as I/T/F
- Wills and Your Homestead
- Exemptions
- Marriage and Your Will
- Divorce and Your Will
- Children and Your Will
- Your Debts
- Estate and Inheritance Taxes
- Annual Exclusion

Chapter 2: Deciding if You Need a Minnesota Will -
- What a Will Can Do
- If You Have No Will
- Out-of-State Wills
- What a Will Cannot Do
-  Using a Simple Will
- Who Should Not Use a Simple Will

Chapter 3: Making a Simple Will -
- Parties in Your Will
- Special Gifts of Personal Property
- Specific Bequests
- Remainder Clause
- Alternate Beneficiaries
- Survivorship
- Guardians
- Children's Trust
- Personal Representative
- Witnesses
- Self-Proving Affidavit
- Disinheriting Someone
- Funeral Arrangements
- Handwritten Wills
- Forms
- Corrections

Chapter 4: Executing Your Will -
- Procedure
- Self-Proving Affidavit

Chapter 5: After Signing Your Will -
- Storing Your Will
- Revoking Your Will
- Changing Your Will

Chapter 6: Making a Health Care Directive -
- Who Can Make a Health Care Directive
- Why You Should Write a Health Care Directive
- When to Make a Directive
- Preparing a Directive
- Storing the Health Care Directive
- Changing the Directive

Chapter 7: Making Anatomical Gifts -

Chapter 8: Summary of Wills -

Glossary -

Appendix A: Internet Sites

Appendix B: Sample Filled-In Forms -

Appendix C: Blank Forms -

Index -

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