District of Columbia Legal Last Will

District of Columbia Last Will and Testament

Single with Minor Children

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

I, , District of Columbia, 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 single (not married). I am a parent of the following 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. However, this 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 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

All Property of Every Kind

I will, devise, bequeath and give all 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 (“Residuary Estate”), to my child(ren) . If I have more than one child and one of my children shall predecease me, then the equal share set apart for that deceased child shall instead be distributed to his or her descendants, per stirpes.

ARTICLE FIVE

Property To Vest In Trustee for Child Beneficiary

If any of my children are under the age of years of age on the date of my death, then I direct that my Personal Representative shall transfer, assign and deliver over to my Trustee, named below, such beneficiary’s share of my estate and the objects of property described herein.

The Trustee shall hold and administer the assets of the Trust for the use and benefit of the Beneficiaries for the purpose of providing for their health, education and general welfare in accordance with their accustomed standard of living as much as is possible, considering the value of the Trust property and their other sources of income.

The Trustee may, in his or her discretion, distribute to or for the benefit of the named Beneficiaries such portions of the income and principal of the Trust as he or she shall determine to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Trust.

As each Beneficiary herein reaches the age of years, the Trustee shall distribute to said beneficiary his or her share of the trust principal and income as of the distribution date. When the youngest Beneficiary reaches the age of years, the Trustee shall distribute all of the remaining Trust property including principal and accumulated income to the Beneficiary and this Trust shall terminate.

In the event of the death of any of the above named Beneficiary prior to the final date of distribution, and said deceased Beneficiary shall leave living issue, the Trustee shall hold only that portion of the Trust property attributable to said deceased Beneficiary beyond the distribution dates and administer said Trust property for the use and benefit of said living issue. When said youngest living issue reaches the age of years, the Trust as to said living issue shall terminate.

ARTICLE SIX

Creditors of Beneficiaries

Neither the principal nor the income of any Trust provision contained in this Will nor any part of same shall be liable for the debts of any Beneficiary hereunder, nor shall the same be subject to seizure by any Creditor of any Beneficiary.

ARTICLE SEVEN

Appointment of Trustee

I appoint , or if the appointee fails to qualify or cease to act, I appoint , as Trustee of the Trust provisions of this Will.

ARTICLE EIGHT

Appointment of Guardian

I appoint , as guardian of my children who may be under the age of years.

ARTICLE NINE

Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix

I hereby appoint , 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 of my estate and Will.

ARTICLE TEN

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 ELEVEN

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.

Additional powers include:

1. To exercise all of the powers, rights and discretions granted by virtue of any "Uniform Trustees' Powers Law," and/or “Probate Code” adopted by the District of Columbia.
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 shares or interests in investment trusts and common trust funds, or in any other property, real, personal or mixed.
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.
5. To lease, sale, or offer on a lease purchase, any real or personal property for such time and upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable.
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.
7. To pay all necessary expenses of administering the estate and any trust including taxes, trustees' fees, fees for the services of accountants, agents and attorneys.
8. Unless otherwise specifically provided, to make distributions in cash or in specific property, real or personal, or in an undivided interest therein.
9. To determine what is principal and what is income with respect to all receipts and disbursements; to establish and maintain reserves.
10. To participate in any plan of reorganization, consolidation, dissolution, redemption, or similar proceedings involving assets comprising my estate or any trust created hereunder.
11. To perform such acts and exercise such other rights and privileges in respect to any property, as if she or he were the absolute owner thereof.
12. To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or demand by or against my estate, or any trust, to litigate any such claims.
13. To borrow money from such source or sources and upon such terms and conditions as my Personal Representative shall determine.

ARTICLE TWELVE

Construction Intentions and Misc. Provisions

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; 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 any 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 fully operative.

I direct that this Will and the construction thereof shall be governed by the Laws of the District of Columbia.

Optional Provisions

If any person named herein is indebted to me 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 from 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 cemetery in County, .

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

ENDING AND SIGNATURE