Should I Prepare My Own Will?
Posted on November 29, 2007
Filed Under Pittsburgh Estate Planning, Pittsburgh Legal Matters
Very few people will disgree that having a will makes complete sense. Why have the state decide how to handle your estate when you have the opportunity to do it yourself. In addition, what estate planning will the state really do for you? Obviously none. You are already deceased. Planning is over. So if you accept the fact that a will makes sense, then how do you go about getting one? Many attorneys will prepare wills for you after you come down to their offices, answer some questions and they will draft documents. This of course is your most expensive alternative. Scheduling a lawyers time is expensive and you will likely have to miss work and travel to their office.
An efficient manner is to go online and prepare your own will or use a form book. There is no doubt that you can save money doing it yourself. However, do you really know what you are doing? Will the will be effective? Are there other clauses you should be including? The phrase they used to tell us lawyers in law school is ”the lawyer who hires themselves to represent themself has a fool for a client.” So how is it better to represent yourself with your will if you aren’t even a lawyer?
We have studied this problem at 1-2-3 Law Group and devised a hybrid approach. Do your question and answering online. Then talk to an experienced estate planning attorney to make sure questions are answered. Then review your estate planning documents online. Then come to one of our convenient offices to pick up the documents and have them notarized. The cost for this approach is less than visiting a lawyer directly and you get the benefit of communicating with an experienced estate planning attorney.
Estate Planning made easy and efficient. That is 1-2-3 Law Group’s promise.
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