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It depends on who you are talking about. Young people typically don’t make wills simply because they don’t own a lot of things of value, and because they are young and death is the furthest thing from their minds. At some point everyone should make a will as it will make things so much easier for your family if you should pass away suddenly. It’s something that families should talk about as the children are growing up but many people just don’t want to mention it while everyone is young and healthy. I recently moved into a seniors’ apartment and before I could sign the lease I had to write a simple will for the staff to keep in my file. It doesn’t have to be detailed right down to who gets the furniture and who gets the jewelry - it’s just simply WHO you will be leaving your things to and who the Executor of your will is. If that document is available and is signed by you and notarized, then the lawyers can get things settled very quickly for your remaining family members. Your family and friends have enough to do and not enough energy to do it when they’re grieving your loss - they don’t need to be left with a huge legal puzzle because you had no will. I saw my doctor for an annual check-up a few weeks ago and at that time he asked me if I had a will and advised me to make one if I hadn’t already. Doctors here are now being told to remind patients that this is something they have to do. And if you’re young and you don’t own much, think again. You have death benefits available through the Government, you may be eligible for a refund on any pension savings plan you have been involved in through work, or bonds that you’ve been buying and have not been paid out yet, and this could amount to thousands of dollars that you’re unaware of. If you don’t leave a will, this could hold up that money for months while lawyers determine who the rightful inheritors are and it may not be people you would actually have left the money or goods to. It isn’t just for elderly people in hospice care to make a will. Young people die in accidents or medical emergencies all the time. Nobody is expecting it, least of all the person involved, so the sooner a person gets it done, the better. The other document that should be written by each person along with their will, is their Personal Directive. This document covers how you wish to be treated medically if you are in a coma and unable to speak for yourself. If you are going to be in a coma and tied to machines to keep you breathing and there’s no chance of recovery, do you wish to be kept on life-support or do you wish it to be disconnected. This is another decision your family members will have to make if you haven’t written it down, signed it and had it notarized. They may opt to keep you on life support when there’s no way you would have wanted that for yourself. You can only speak for yourself while you are alive - you need to get these documents completed and filed away somewhere safely. It’s a topic nobody wants to talk about when they’re alive and healthy, but none of us know when or how we are going to die and it’s very unfair to leave all that unfinished business for someone else to figure out once you’re gone. There are basic Will and Personal Directive templates available online or from stationery shops. Fill them out, sign them, and take them to a Commissioner of Oaths to be stamped and initialled by them. Many Commissioners don’t charge anything for doing this because being a Commissioner of Oaths is part of their paid employment.

Living Will Forms - Free Template & DefinitionThe above web address is more than Living Will forms. It explains the difference between a Living Will and a Living Trust, among other things.Briefly, a Living Will is a document setting out your end-of-life wishes - health care, hospice, etc. It is not a Will for transferring assets after you have passed on.Please contact an attorney to explore the means for the distribution of your property after your death. Trust, Living Trust, or Will. A Trust is the means for avoiding probate.Please don’t wait to get this done. Don’t “do it yourself” if you want it to be legal and sets down what you really want. An attorney knows the law. Your neighbor, friend, cousin, whatever, most probably does not. I can’t help spouting trite cliches, but you get what you pay for.