This automated document quickly and easily creates your Last Will and Testament. It takes into consideration whether you are married, if you have children, if your children are minors, if you want to make specific gifts and how you want the residue of your estate distributed.
Instructions on creating your Last Will and Testament
- Complete the answers on this page in the order they appear.
- Click on View Results to review your completed Last Will and Testament.
- After purchase you can then save or print your Last Will and Testament.
- Sign your Will. You MUST have at least two witnesses present and watching while you and the other witnesses sign your Will. You and the witnesses should then initial the bottom right hand corner of each page of the Will. The witnesses do NOT need to be solicitors and do not need to read your Will. Witnesses must be adults. Do not choose a person who is receiving something in your Will or someone whose spouse is receiving something in your Will as a witness.
- Store your Will in a safe place. Let someone you trust (i.e. your executor) know where your Will is stored.
We regularly maintain this contract. Last Modified: November 2009
Last Will and Testament Details
Governing Law
Your Information
(the Testator or Testatrix)
The last will and testament has not been reviewed by a lawyer with experience in Louisiana law. Do not use this will unless you have confirmed with a local lawyer that it will be valid in the State of Louisiana.
Only the following states recognize some form of common law marriage: Alabama, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia (if valid before January 1, 1997), Idaho (if valid before January 1, 1996), Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio (if valid before October 10, 1991), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah. Please ensure that you are considered married based on the laws of your state.
Spouse's Information
The executor is your chosen personal representative for the administration of your estate. A spouse is a good choice for executor as long as your spouse would be able to deal with the administration of your estate.
Your Spouse's Information
The executor is your chosen personal representative for the administration of your estate. A spouse is a good choice for executor as long as your spouse would be able to deal with the administration of your estate.
Personal Representative/Executor
(the person you choose to administer your estate)
One executor is normally sufficient. If you have two executors, they must be able to AGREE on each decision to be made.
Second Executor
Executor
Alternate Personal Representative/Executor
Second Alternate Executor
Alternative Executor
Second Alternative Executor
Children
List all children from any relationship, born to you or adopted by you. (Note: Stepchildren are not your natural heirs unless you have legally adopted them. They are not included if you leave property to "all my children". If you want to leave something to your stepchildren, you must name them as beneficiaries in your Will.)List all children from any relationship, born to you or adopted by you. (Note: Do not list stepchildren unless you have adopted them. If you want to leave something to a stepchild, you can do that in the "Specific Gifts" or "Residue of Estate" sections.)
Note: You must list all children. Any child not specifically named in your Will may have the right to claim against your Will as if no Will had been created.
Guardian
The guardian is the person with the authority and responsibility to take care of your minor child(ren). You can choose one guardian for all your children, or different guardians.
Alternate Guardian
Age must be at least 18 years of age.
Guardian
Alternative Guardian
Second Alternative Guardian
Grandchildren
Type in the full names of your grandchildren:
Note: You may want to list all of your grandchildren. Depending on your state law, a grandchild not specifically named in your Will may have the right to claim against your Will as if no Will had been created. If you have no grandchildren or do not wish to name any just leave the number at zero.
Specific Gifts
Use this section if you want to give certain people specific things. Make sure you describe the gift well enough that anyone reading your Will would recognize what you mean.
Use this section if you want to give certain people specific things. Make sure you describe the gift well enough that anyone reading your Will would recognise what you mean.
Distribution of Residue of Estate
The "residue" of your estate is all your property that was not given to someone in the specific gifts section.
What do you want to happen to the residue of your estate?
Alternate Residuary Distribution
First Alternate Beneficiary of Estate Residue
The total percentages must add up to 100%. Currently, they add up to 0%.
First Beneficiary of Estate Residue
Who will get this portion of your estate if the beneficiary is not alive at the time of your death?
The total percentages must add up to 100%. Currently, they add up to 0%.
Distribution of Residue of Estate
First Beneficiary of Estate Residue
The total percentages must add up to 100%. Currently, they add up to 0%.
Wipeout Clause
If it is possible that all of your immediate family (including your children and grandchildren) could die at the same time as you in a common accident, it is prudent to provide a means to distribute the residual of your estate. If a Will does not contain a method of distributing all assets of a deceased person, the law will determine how and where the assets go. A wipeout clause is one means of ensuring that this does not occur. An unmarried person, a person married without children, or a person with young children are the most common situations where a wipeout clause is used.
Your Family
First Wipeout Beneficiary
Your Spouse's Family
Percentage to spouse's family: 100
Additional Clauses
Signing Details
Additional Notes
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1. Execution of Your Last Will and Testament
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2. Affidavit of Execution
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1. Execution of Your Last Will and Testament
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2. Certificate of Proof of Execution
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