Name/Describe it?
This legal document allows you to dictate how your assets are distributed after you pass away.
What is a will?
Who usually types of the will
Who is an attorney?
A person who receives money or property from an estate or trust is called this.
What is a beneficiary?
Where can someone keep a will for safe keeping?
Safe Deposit Box, Safe, Trusted Family/Friend
This document allows you to specify your medical treatment preferences in case you become incapacitated.
What is a living will?
The Clerk's office where wills are filed.
What is the Circuit Court?
Female named in a will to carry out the desires of the decedant
Executrix
If a child dies, who is the next of kin?
Parents
Why is necessary to write a will?
What is to tell where you would desire you estate (belongings) to go in the case of death
Naming someone to make medical decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so requires this document.
What is a Healthcare Power of Attorney?
A will must generally be signed in front of this many witnesses to be valid in most states.
What is two?
The individual that owns the will
Testator
Who usually acts as a trustee for a will or trust?
An attorney
If the decedent desires to make minor changes to the will, what document is added?
What is a Codicil?
Who can verify whether or not the decedent actually signed the will.
Witness
A handwritten will, also called this, may be legally valid in some states but not all.
What is a holographic will?
This person is named in a will to handle assets for someone incompetent or underaged.
Trustee
Where can a beneficiary get a copy of a will that has been probated?
Circuit Court, Clerk's Office
How old does someone need to be in order to draft a will?
What is 18 years old
What is the overall name of each section in a will where the decedent puts their final wishes
What is a "Clause"
What is an oral will called and is it valid in Virginia?
What is a Nuncupative Will
The person who acknowledges that the witnesses are who they say they are; public official.
Notary Public
In Virginia, when an unmarried partner passes away without a will, what happens to their estate and why?
The estate goes to the next of kin because Virginia does not recognize common law marriages.
Other than a trustee, heir or attorney who can be named in a will to represent the interest of minor children?
Who is a Guardian?
This legal document lets you decide whether you want life support if you are in a coma with no chance of recovery.
What is a living will?