Nessescary Evil

Thanks for the life lesson, Teach,
You HAVE to do what is right by them or you can't lay your head on the pillow at night.. I agree.
I have my 2 favorite neices on my bank account, my sister on my 401K.
My co-op is another matter/ thanks!!

Having gone through this twice...for myself and DH and then setting up a living trust for my parents...here's my advice.

If you have a large estate...hire an attorney and do a trust.

If you have a moderate estate and are leaving only a few people a few different things/accounts...then I agree with Legalzoom or something along that nature. My only caveat is that you MUST do your loved ones the service of setting up a living will and do yourself a favor and make sure you have a complete healthcare directive. Make sure you have in place you proxy for healthcare because as we all know anything can happen at any time. Perhaps you might feel comfortable enough to put in place a financial power of attorney. If this seems a bit overwhelming then revert back to first idea of hiring an attorney. My parents had a fairly involved estate and it cost about $2500 to set everything up (I live in the Bay Area in California).

Hope this helps you. Actually it is a necessary evil, but after we all completed it I actually took comfort in that all of those decisions were made and in writing.

Good luck to you.

Try Caesars Palace, or Mirage. By the way, isn't this a Vegas website?

We set up everything through our regular attorney who's been just fine for us in all matters prior. Thought differently after hearing how friends documents are structured and will now be seeing their attorney who specializes in this aspect of the law. I would use a tax lawyer and have piece of mind that things are done right.
Stu