LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

A will is created and used to control the distribution of property upon your death, to provide guidance or suggestion to the courts as to who should act as the guardian of your minor children after death, and to name the person who will manage your estate after you die.

A last will and testament provides instruction for the distribution of your assets through the probate courts.

The executor will then oversee the testator's assets and to carry out the specific requests of the testator after he dies. The executor collects and manages the deceased's assets, collects any debts that are owed to the testator at the time of his death, pays debts owed by testator (unless the will directs otherwise), sells estate property necessary to pay estate taxes or expenses, and files all necessary court and tax documents for the estate.

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The major difference between dying with a will and without a will is that intestate estate distribution is done in accordance with pre-set state laws (i.e. the state decides who gets what and in what proportions) whereas a person with a will can distribute his or her property in accordance with the instructions provided by the will.

To revoke a will, all that needs to be done is to execute a new will that states that all prior wills are revoked. Also, a will can be revoked without making a new one by simply by destroying it - tearing it up, burning it, defacing the will, etc. To do so, however, would leave no will in place.