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last wills and Testaments are documents executed by testator's that set forth their wishes upon death the will is fundamentally an exception to the rule that gifts must be completed by living donors wills are mechanisms by which gifts can be accomplished posthumously but the transfer of gifts is not the only task that wills can accomplish wills can set up family trusts support tax planning and even appoint guardians for minor children in this presentation we'll discuss some of the most common we'll provisions their purposes and the considerations that go into their inclusion in Wills the gift of property represents the central utility of the will gifts can be directed to individuals or classes of people and contingent beneficiaries of gifts may be named in the event that the initial beneficiaries died prior to the death of the testator gifts of real property in Wills are called devises well personal property gifts are called be quests though there's little legal difference between them gifts take three forms specific which identifies the property gifted a specific request for example might read I give my 2017 Toyota Camry to my daughter Jane general which purports to gift a sum of money for example I give $25,000 to my son Joe and demonstrative which is a bequest of cash that identifies its source for example I give $50,000 from my brokerage account at fidelity to my neighbor Kim in another presentation covering Adem ssin and abatement will examine the legal significance of these distinctions a residuary clause gifts the remainder of the estate after the other gifts have been distributed because it's virtually impossible to know the precise amount that will be in an estate in advance residuary clauses are ubiquitous and critical in fact many wills have no gifts of identified property but give the whole estate via residuary clauses to their heirs usually a spouse or children like other gifts residuary gifts can be earmarked for individuals or for classes of people for example a residuary Clause can specify the testator's children in equal shares or can distribute the estate unevenly such as forty percent to one child and sixty percent to another residuary clauses should also specify back-up beneficiaries in case the initial bin the Sherry's are dead or renounced their interests in the estate otherwise the residuary gift will be distributed in accordance with the rules of intestacy if the primary beneficiary is no longer around just as people can set up trusts during their lifetimes known as inter vivos trusts wills can also set up trusts which are known as testamentary trusts these are common in scenarios where the testator wants to protect the assets from the creditors of her beneficiaries for example assume the testator as a child who has run up enormous debts and is likely to be sued if that child suddenly has a large infusion of cash that cash is likely to be accessible to the creditors similarly the parent of a child in a bad marriage may not wish her child in law to potentially get access to her assets as part of a future divorce proceeding in either case holding the child's assets in a trust with another party controlling the assets as trustee can ensure that they are used to benefit the child and not his creditors or estranged spouse trusts can also be established for the purposes of minimizing transfer tax or to ensure the continued eligibility of beneficiaries for asset and income based government assistance these goals and how they are best accomplished is covered in detail in our presentations on trusts a will should designate a person or multiple people to serve as administrator also sometimes called executor of her estate after death it will be this person's responsibility to get court permission to access the testator's assets gather them distribute them and pay the necessary expenses while this role is very often bestowed upon a close relative or friend it's also important that the administrator be someone who is competent and energetic enough to oversee a sometimes complex probate process while the administrator can and probably will retain the services of professionals such as attorneys or accountants to assist with the process oversight and ensuring that the rights and interests of the heirs are properly accounted for often takes diligence skill and wisdom as in the case of beneficiaries backup administrators should be appointed to allow for the possibility that the initial administrator is unavailable while testamentary trusts can be used to establish a variety of familial goals it is standard practice to include provisions to cover the possible of beneficiaries who are miners this is true even if the primary beneficiaries are adults as pre deceased primary beneficiaries with children can often cause components of estates to vest in the ownership of miners minor beneficiary provisions grant the executor or administrator the authority to hold assets for the benefits of minor beneficiaries these provisions often give the administrator a variety of choices to cover a minor beneficiary the administrator is given the power to establish a trust for the benefit of the miner or to establish a bank account under the Uniform transfers to miners Act which behaves similarly to a trust finally wills can be used to express the testator's preference for guardianship of her minor children typically these provisions are phrased so as to kick in if neither of the children's parents are alive it must be noted that these provisions are not binding as courts make guardianship decisions based on the best interests of the child at the time and will not make guardianship decisions based on the parents instructions if the court does not believe that such is in the best interest of the child nevertheless instructions set forth in a legally operative document such as a will carries a lot of weight with courts and will generally be respected it is self-evident however that a surviving parent will have the guardianship preference over a non parent named in a deceased parents well while these are some common will provisions they are by no means exhaustive provisions to pay debts dictate funeral and burial arrangements stating how family businesses should be treated and stating other requests or instructions also find their places in many wills in this presentation we have covered some of the most common and most important well provisions