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My parents died 37 days apart and had identical wills. If they had died within 30 days of each other both wills could have been probated together. Their lawyer had drawn up wills that were crap. They had some language that had the probate judge spinning in his chair. So I paid my attorney to first straighten out my dad's estate, then my mothers - 2 probate court fees, two attorney fees, two screwed up wills to straighten out. In the end it cost over $4000 to settle a $30,000 estate. I so wish I had taken the wills to an attorney for a second opinion before they were needed. There are good lawyers and bad ones - the bad ones can cost you big time.
I have my assets in a revocable trust. It cost about $1200 to set up and a hundred or so to retitle my cars.
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Last edited by wdfifteen; 06-27-2013 at 02:59 AM..
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