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- 1 - KANSAS WILL INSTRUCTIONS Divorced with No Children U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. http://www.uslegalforms.com 1. This will is designed to be completed on your computer. To do so, use your mouse and click on each field, which will be highlighted in gray. This w ill replace the gray with the words you type. Example: _____________________________[1] will become JOHN DOE. If you ordered and received this Will in hard copy, you may also use these instructions to complete the will, leaving the reference numbers, and placing the names, etc you desire next to the field numbers. 2. The Will contains Articles, which cover vari ous matters. The information below is designed to assist you in completing the fields contained in the articles of the Will. 3. Article / Field Completion Instructions Field [1] - Your name. Field [2] - Your name. Field [3] - Your County of Residence. ARTICLE THREE This article is for you to specify specific property to go to a specific person. If you do not leave any, type none and delete the fields. Field [4] - Type name. Field [5] - Type street address. Field [6] - Additional A ddress line. Field [7] - City, State, Zip. Field [8] - Relationship. Field [9] - Describe the property to go to this person. Field [10] - Type name. Field [11] - Type street address. Field [12] - Additional Address line. Field [13] - City, State, Zip. Field [14] - Relationship. Field [15] - Describe the property Field [16] - Type name. Field [17] - Type street address. Field [18] - Additional Address line. Field [19] - City, State, Zip. Field [20] - Relationship. - 2 - Field [2 1] - Describe the property ARTICLE FOUR This article is for you to leave your homestead, if you have one on the date of death to persons designated. Field [22] - Type name(s) of person(s) to receive homestead. Note: If your home is jointly owned w ith another and held as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, the home will pass to the survivor and will not be controlled by your will. If this is the case, name the joint tenant in field 22. ARTICLE FIVE This article is for you to leave all the rest and remainder of your property except your homestead and any special items you listed in Article Three. Field [23] - Type name(s) of person(s) to receive all other property. ARTICLE SIX This article is f or you to name your personal representative. This must be an adult and can be the person with whom you live. Field [24] - Type name of Personal Representative. Field [25] - Type name of successor Personal Representative. ARTICLE TEN All parts of A rticle 10 are optional. Complete as desired. Be sure to write your initials for any of these items you desire to apply. Field [26] - Type name of Cemetery. Field [27] - Type County. Field [28] - Type State. ENDING AND SIGNATURE Field [29] - Your name. Field [30] - Your name. Field [31] - Your name. Field [32] - Your name. Field [33] - Your name. Field [34] - Your name. - 3 - Field [35] - Your name. All other blanks in the Will are typically completed by hand, such as the names of the witnesses, day, month and year executed, etc. Once you have completed the Will, double -check all entries and then print. The Will should be signed by you in front of two witnesses, not related to you. Please sign all pages of the Will in the places des ignated. The self -proving affidavit is used to prove the Will and make the Will subject to probate. If the affidavit is not completed now, someone will have to locate the witnesses after your death and obtain an affidavit. Therefore, it is best to sign the Will in the presence of two witnesses AND a notary public so that the affidavit can be completed by the Notary. You should keep your Will in a safe place once executed. It is also recommended that you give a copy to your executor or other person as a dditional proof of execution. - 4 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WILL FORM This section will briefly explain some of the articles of your will and provide other information. Articles of the Will, which are basically self -explanatory, are not discussed here. In addition, information, which is already provided in the instructions above, is not repeated. First Paragraph: The first paragraph of the Will provides your name, residence information and provides that all prior Wills, if any, are revoked since y ou have now made a new Will. Article Three: Some people have specific property that they desire to leave to a specific person, such as a ring or antique. This Article is for you to leave such property. You do not have to name specific property and may s imply state none if no property is to be left under this Article. Article Six: This Article is for you to name a personal representative, also called executor or executrix. The person named should be an adult. Article Seven: If not waived, some Courts will require your Personal Representative post a bond, and file an inventory, accounting and/or appraisal. All can be costly and time consuming. This Article states your intention that your Personal Representative not be requir ed to post a bond or file an inventory or accounting. Article Eight: This Article sets forth powers of your Personal Representative and is designed to give broad powers without the requirement that Court approval be sought for action by the Representative to the extent permitted by the laws of your State. Article Nine: This article sets forth some legal construction intentions to clarify some of the issues, which may arise. - 5 - BASIC INFORMATION What is a Will? A Will is a document which provides who is to receive your property at death, who will administer your estate, the appointment of trustees and guardians, if applicable, and other pro visions. Who may make a Will? Generally, any person 18 years or older of sound mind may make a Will. (Some states allow persons under 18 to make a Will) What happens if I die without a Will? If you die without a will you are an intestate. In such a ca se, state laws govern who receives your property. These laws are called "intestate succession laws". If you die without a Will, the Court decides who will administer your estate. Generally, it is more expensive to administer an estate of a person who died without a Will, than a person who dies with a Will. General When making a Will you need to consider who will be named as your personal representative or executor to administer your estate, who you will name as guardian and trustee of minor children if your spouse does not survive you and who will receive your property. You should also consider tax issues. The person appointed as executor or administrator is often your spouse, but you should also name an alternate, in case your spouse predeceases you. The person you name should be a person you can trust and who will get along with the beneficiaries named in the Will. In the event your spouse predeceases you, the guardian you name will have actual custody of your minor children unless a court appoints someone else. The trustee you appoint to administer a trust you established will be in charge of the assets of the trus t for the benefit of the minor beneficiaries. Generally, a Will must be signed in the presence of at least two witnesses (three for Vermont) who also sign the Will. A notary public will also need to sign if the Will contains a self -proving affidavit. Gen erally, a self -proving affidavit allows the Will to be admitted to probate without other evidence of execution. Joint Property: Many people do not understand that joint property may pass outside your Will and also sometimes assume that it will pass throug h their Will. They do not understand the significance of joint ownership. The issue is common in the following areas, provided as examples: (a) Real Estate: Often, a husband and wife will own real estate as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. I f one party dies, the surviving party receives the property regardless of what the Will provides. This is common and generally acceptable. However, if this is not your desire you should change the ownership of the property to tenants in common or other f orm of ownership. If you own real estate as tenants in common, then you may designate who will receive your share of the property at your death. This issue can be a problem when uninformed persons take title to real estate as joint tenants with rights of survivorship but really intended to leave their share to, for example, children of a prior marriage. (b) Bank Accounts/Certificates of Deposit, Stock, Retirement Plans, IRA’s and other type Property: The same ownership as real estate can be made of thes e investments. In fact, many Banks routinely place Bank accounts and Certificates of Deposit in the joint tenant with right of survivorship form of ownership if more than one person is on the account or CD, without advising you of the consequence of same . In situations where the persons are husband and wife and there is no issue or concern over divorce or children from previous marriages, this may be the best course of action. However, with divorce on the rise, premarital agreements and multiple marriag es being common, the parties may be doing something that was not their intent. Another common problematic situation is where a parent has more than one child but only one child resides in the hometown of the parent. The parent may place the name of the c hild who resides there on all accounts, CD’s and other investments for convenience reasons and establish a joint tenant with right of survivorship situation without realizing that only that child will be entitled to those assets at the parent’s death. Si mply put, you should be aware when you acquire an asset or investment exactly how it is titled. - 6 - For additional information, see the Law Summary and Information and Preview links in the search resu lts for this form. A Definitions section is also linked on the Information and Preview page. DISCLAIMER/LICENSE/LIABILITY LIMITATION All forms in this package are provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to their legal effect and completeness. Please use at your own risk. If you have a serious legal problem we suggest that you consult an attorney. U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. do es not provide legal advice. The products offered by U.S. Legal Forms (USLF) are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Your Will starts on the next page. Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 1 - LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF __________________________________ _[1] BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT, I, _________________ ____________[2] , of __________________[3] County, Kansas, being of legal age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence of any person, do make, declare and publish this to be my Will and hereby revoke any Will or Codicil I may have made. ARTICLE ONE Marriage and Children I am divorced and have no children. ARTICLE TWO Debts and Expenses I direct my Personal Representative to pay all costs and expenses of my last illness and funeral expenses. I further direct my Personal Representative to pay all of my just debts that may be probated, registered and allowed against my estate. However, th is provision shall not extend the statute of limitations for the payment of debts, or enlarge upon my legal obligation or any statutory duty of my Personal Representative to pay debts. ARTICLE THREE Specific Bequests of Real and/or Personal Property I wi ll, give and bequeath unto the persons named below, if he or she survives me, the Property described below: Name Address Relationship [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Property: [9] Name Address Relationship [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Property: [15] Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 2 - Name Address Relationship [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] Property: [21] [LIST OR STATE NO PROPERTY LEFT UNDER THIS ARTICLE] In the event I name a person in this Article and said person predeceases me, the bequest to such person shall lapse and the property shall pass under the other provisions of this Will. In the event that I do not possess or own any property listed above on the date of my death, the bequest of that property shall lapse. ARTICLE FOUR Homestead or Primary Residence I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence, if I own a homestead or primary residence on the date of my death that passes through this Will, to _______________________________ _________________[22] . If I name more than one person, they are to receive the property equally, per stirpes, or equally, or the survivor. ARTICLE FIVE All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause I will, devise, bequeath and give all the rest and remainder of my property and estate of every kind and character, including, but not limited to, real and personal proper ty in which I may have an interest at the date of my death and which is not otherwise effectively disposed of, to: _______ ________________________________________[23] . If I name more than one person, they are to receive the property equally, per stirpes, or equally, or the survivor. ARTICLE SIX Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix I hereby appoint ________[24] , as Personal Representative of my estate and this Will. In the event my Personal Representative shall predece ase me, or, for any reason, shall fail to qualify or cease to act as my Personal Representative, then I hereby appoint _____________________________[ 25] to serve as successor Personal Representative of my estate and Will. The term “Personal Representative”, as used in this Will, shall be deemed to mean and inclu de “Personal Representative”, “Executor” or “Executrix”. ARTICLE SEVEN Waiver of Bond, Inventory, Accounting, Reporting and Approval My Personal Representative and successor Personal Representative shall serve without any bond, and I hereby waive the n ecessity of preparing or filing any inventory, accounting, appraisal, reporting, approvals or final appraisement of my estate. Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 3 - ARTICLE EIGHT Powers of Personal Representative, Executor and Executrix I dir ect that my Personal Representative shall have broad discretion in the administration of my Estate, without the necessity of Court approval. I grant unto my Personal Representative, all powers that are allowed to be exercised by Personal Representatives b y the laws of the State of Kansas and to the extent not prohibited by the laws of Kansas, the following additional powers: 1. To exercise all of the powers, rights and discretions granted by virtue of any "Uniform Trustees' Powers Law," and/or “Probate Co de” adopted by the State of Kansas. 2. To compromise claims and to abandon property, which, in my Executor’s opinion, is of little or no value. 3. To purchase or otherwise acquire and to retain any and all stocks, bonds, notes or other securities, or sha res or interests in investment trusts and common trust funds, or in any other property, real, personal or mixed, as my Personal Representative may deem advisable, whether or not such investments or property be of the character permissible by fiduciaries, without being liable to any person for such retention or investment. 4. To settle, adjust, dissolve, windup or continue any partnership or other entity in which I may own a partnership or equity interest at the time of my death, subject, however, to the te rms of any partnership or other agreement to which I am a party at the time of my death. I authorize my Personal Representative to continue in any partnership or other entity for such periods and upon such terms as they shall determine. My Personal Represe ntative shall not be disqualified by reason of being a partner, equity owner or titleholder in such firm from participating on behalf of my estate in any dealings herein authorized to be carried on between my Personal Representative and the partners or equ ity owners of any such partnership or other entity. 5. To lease, sell , or offer on a lease purchase, any real or personal property for such time and upon such terms and conditions in such manner as may be deemed advisable by my Personal Representative, a ll without court approval. 6. To sell, exchange, assign, transfer and convey any security or property, real or personal, held in my estate, or in any trust, at public or private sale, at such time and price and upon such terms and conditions (including credit) as my Personal Representative may deem advisable and for the best interest of my estate, or any trust. I hereby waive any requirement of issuing summons, giving notice of any hearing, conducting or holding any such hearing, filing bond or other sec urity, or in any way obtaining court authority or approval for any such sale, exchange, assignment, transfer or conveyance of any real or personal property. 7. To pay all necessary expenses of administering the estate and any trust including taxes, truste es' fees, fees for the services of accountants, agents and attorneys, and to reimburse said parties for expenses incurred on behalf of the estate or any trust hereunder. 8. Unless otherwise specifically provided, to make distributions (including the satis faction of any pecuniary bequest) in cash or in specific property, real or personal, or in an undivided interest therein, or partly in cash and partly in other property, and to do so with or without regard to the income tax basis of specific property alloc ated to any beneficiary and Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 4 - without making pro rata distributions of specific assets. 9. To determine what is principal and what is income with respect to all receipts and disbursements; to establish and maintain reserves for depreciation, depletion, obso lescence, taxes, insurance premiums, and any other purpose deemed necessary and proper by them and to partite and to distribute property of the estate or trust in kind or in undivided interests, and to determine the value of such property. 10. To particip ate in any plan of reorganization, consolidation, dissolution, redemption, or similar proceedings involving assets comprising my estate or any trust created hereunder, and to deposit or withdraw securities under any such proceedings. 11. To perform such a cts, to participate in such proceedings and to exercise such other rights and privileges in respect to any property, as if she or he were the absolute owner thereof, and in connection therewith to enter into and execute any and all agreements binding my es tate and any trust created hereunder. 12. To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or demand by or against my estate, or any trust, to litigate any such claims, including, without limitation, any claims relating to estate or income taxes, or agree to r escind or modify any contract or agreement. 13. To borrow money from such source or sources and upon such terms and conditions as my Personal Representative shall determine, and to give such security therefore as my Personal Representative may determine. All authorities and powers hereinabove granted unto my Personal Representative shall be exercised from time to time in her or his sole and absolute discretion and without prior authority or approval of any Court, and I intend that such powers be construe d in the broadest possible extent. ARTICLE NINE Construction Intentions It is my intent that this Will be interpreted according to the following provisions: 1. The masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine as well as the neuter, and vice versa, as to each of them; the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, and vice versa. 2. The term “testator” as used herein is deemed to include me as Testator or Testatrix. 3. This Will is not a result of a contract between myself and an y beneficiary, fiduciary or third party and I may revoke this Will at any time. 4. If any part of this Will shall be declared invalid, illegal, or inoperative for any reason, it is my expressed intent that the remaining parts shall be effective and ful ly operative and it is my intent that any Court so interpreting same construct this Will and any provision in favor of survival. Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 5 - ARTICLE TEN Misc. Provisions I direct that this Will and the construction thereof shall be governed by the Laws of the State of Kansas. (I have placed my initials next to the provisions below that I desire to adopt. Unmarked provisions are not adopted by me and are not a part of this Will) ________ If any person named herein is indebted to m e at the time of my death and such indebtedness be evidenced by a valid Promissory Note payable to me, then such person’s portion of my estate shall be diminished by the amount of such debt. ________ Any and all debts of my estate shall first be paid fr om my residuary estate. Any debts on any real property left herein shall be assumed by the person to receive such real property and not paid by my Personal Representative. ________ I desire to be buried in the _____________________________[26] cemetery in __________________[27] County, __________________[28] . ________ I direct that my remains be cremated and that the ashes be disposed of according to the wishes of my Executor. I, ___________________________________[29] , having signed this Will in t he presence of _____________________________ and ________________________________ who attested it at my request on this the _____ day of _____________, 20_____ at ____________________________________________________________(address), declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. ________________________________ _____________________________[30] Testator/Testatrix Signed by Testator/Testatrix: __________________________________ - 6 - The above and foregoing Will of _____________________________[31] was declared by _____________________________[32] in our view and presence to be his/her Will and was signed and subscribed by the said _____________________________[33] in our view and presence and at his/her request and in the view and presence of _____________________________[34] and in the view and presence of eac h other, we, the undersigned, witnessed and attested the due execution of the Will of _____________________________[35] on this the _____ day of ___________________, 20__. Witness Signature Witness Signature Print Name: Print Name: Address: Address: City, State, Zip: City, State, Zip: Phone: Phone: Kansas Self Proving Affidavit: Kansas Statutes § 59 -606 Kansas Self -Proving Affidavit State of Kansas County of _____________ Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared _______ __________________ , _________________________ , and _________________________ , known to me to be the testator/testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing instrument in their respective capacities, and, all of said persons being by me first duly sworn, said _________________________ , Testator/Testatrix, declared to me and to the said witnesses in my presence that said instrument is t he testator's/testatrix’s last W ill and testament, and that the Test ator/Testatrix had willingly made and executed it as the testator's/testatrix’s free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed; and the said witnesses, each on the witness' oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the said Test ator/Testatrix, that the said Testator/Testatrix had declared to them that said instrument is t he testator’s/testatrix’s last W ill and testament, and that the testator/testatrix executed same as such and wanted each witness to sign it as a witness; and upo n their oaths each witness stated further that they did sign the same as witnesses in the presence of each other and in the presence of the testator/testatrix and at the testator’s/testatrix’s request, and that said testator/testatrix at that time possesse d the rights of majority, was of sound mind and under no restraint. (Testator/Testatrix) _________________________ Typed Name: __________________ _______ (Witness) _________________________ (Witness) _________________________ Subscribed, acknowledged and sworn to before me by __________________________ , testator/testatrix, and ______________________ and ___________________ , witnesses, this ________ day of ______________ , 20 _____ A.D. (Seal) (Signed) _______________________________ ______________________________________ Official capacity of officer