Florida Mutual Wills for Married Couple

Florida Mutual Wills for Married Couple with Adult Children

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT,

I, , of County, Florida, 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 married to and have the following adult children:

Name: Date of Birth:

Name: Date of Birth:

Name: Date of Birth:

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.

ARTICLE THREE

Specific Bequests of Real and/or Personal Property

I will, give and bequeath unto the persons named below, if he or she survives me, the Property described below:

Name: Address:

Relationship:

Property:

Name: Address:

Relationship:

Property:

Name: Address:

Relationship:

Property:

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 my spouse, if he/she survives me.

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 property in which I may have an interest at the date of my death and which is not otherwise effectively disposed of, to my spouse, .

ARTICLE SIX

Contingent - All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause

In the event that my spouse shall predecease me, 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 property in which I may have an interest at the date of my death and which is not otherwise effectively disposed of, to my child(ren):

ARTICLE SEVEN

Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix

I hereby appoint my spouse, , as Personal Representative of my estate and this Will.

In the event my Personal Representative shall predecease me, or, for any reason, shall fail to qualify or cease to act as my Personal Representative, then I hereby appoint to serve as successor Personal Representative.

ARTICLE EIGHT

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 necessity of preparing or filing any inventory, accounting, appraisal, reporting, approvals or final appraisement of my estate.

ARTICLE NINE

Powers of Personal Representative, Executor and Executrix

I direct that my Personal Representative shall have broad discretion in the administration of my Estate, without the necessity of Court approval.

ARTICLE TEN

Construction Intentions

It is my intent that this Will be interpreted according to the following provisions:

In the event that my spouse, , and I die under circumstances where it is difficult to determine who died first, I direct that I be deemed to have survived him/her and the terms of my Will shall take precedence.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Misc. Provisions

If any person named herein is indebted to me at the time of my death, 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 from my residuary estate.

I desire to be buried in the cemetery in County, .

I direct that my remains be cremated and that the ashes be disposed of according to the wishes of my Executor.

I, , having signed this Will in the presence of , and who attested it at my request on this the day of , at , declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.

Witness Attestation

The above and foregoing Will of was declared by in our view and presence to be his/her Will and was signed and subscribed by the said in our view and presence and at his/her request and in the view and presence of and in the view and presence of each other, we, the undersigned, witnessed and attested the due execution of the Will of on this the day of , .

SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF

We, , , and the testator/testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been sworn, declared to the undersigned officer that the testator/testatrix, in the presence of witnesses, signed the instrument as the last Will, that the testator/testatrix signed the Will, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence of the testator/testatrix and in the presence of each other, signed the Will as a witness.

Subscribed and sworn to before me by , the testator/testatrix who is personally known to me or who has produced as identification, and by , a witness who is personally known to me or who has produced as identification, and by , a witness who is personally known to me or who has produced as identification, on the day of , .

(Signature of Notary Public)