Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
fiance dies form cancer
My 46 yr old fiance is terminal, we have lived together for 9 yrs, she has not worked. How do we guard against her sisters and family from demanding entry and retrieval of all they feel would now be theirs to pick thru? No will
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: fiance dies form cancer
Do durble powers of attorney (both health care and assets) and do a Will and or Trust.
Re: fiance dies form cancer
Your fiance needs to have the following documents immediately:
1) will or trust
2) durable power of attorney
3) advance health care directive
4) hipaa medical release
Don't delay!
Re: fiance dies form cancer
If she only has personal affects and long established joint cash or investment accounts with you, have her write something stating her desires, and sign her name at the end, all in her own handwriting. It is a valid holographic will. Or get married. If she has no children you will inherit all as the spouse, assuming her parents are not alive. Or I recommend you get a free download of my Special Report, "The 7 Most Common Mistakes Made by the Middle Class in Planning For the Inevitability of Death and the Likelihood of Disability, and How to Avoid Them." You can get it at my site, www.IWant2CreateMyLegacy.com. You should probably also get my book, Create Your Legacy & Save the American Middle Class. It contains the information that I developed for lay audiences in hundreds of seminars to thousands of people. It will answer nearly all of your questions about how to protect a family from the financial catastrophe that can often accompany the inevitabilty of death and the likelihood of disability. And answer a lot of important questions you never thought to ask. Both are terribly important. A lot of people don't realize that conservatorship is the fastest growing lawsuit in America and the average conservatorship lasts 3 years today. That is because medicine has gotten better and better at keeping us "alive" ofen under the worst circumstances.
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