Posts in April 2, 2020

Legally a last will and testament is to serve as a directive to transfer property (real and personal) that a person owns upon their death. Sometimes a testator may leave an item to a relative along with a mention of why. Sometimes a testator may indicate why a certain person was left no money or property in their will. The testator may mention a child and give them a token amount so that it is clear they were not left out. They may mention earlier amounts that were given or loaned to a specific heir and how those amounts are to be handled after the testator died. But a will is not a list of the heirs that the testator loved and the ones that the testator hated. […]