Last Will and Testament

MICHIGAN WILL INSTRUCTIONS
Married with Adult Children

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 will 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.

The information below is designed to assist you in completing the fields contained in the articles of the Will.

ARTICLE ONE

Field [4] - Type the name of your spouse.

Fields [5] – [10] Type the name(s) and birth date(s) of your children.

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.

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ARTICLE FOUR

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ARTICLE FIVE

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ARTICLE SIX

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ARTICLE SEVEN

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ARTICLE TEN

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

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ENDING AND SIGNATURE

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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 designated.

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.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

I, , of County, Michigan, 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.

ARTICLE THREE

Specific Bequests of Real and/or Personal Property

Name Address Relationship

Property:

Name Address Relationship

Property:

Name Address Relationship

Property:

[LIST OR STATE NO PROPERTY LEFT UNDER THIS ARTICLE]

ARTICLE FOUR

Homestead or Primary Residence: I will, devise and bequeath all my interest in my homestead or primary residence to my spouse, if he or 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 to my spouse, .

ARTICLE SIX

Contingent - All Remaining Property – Residuary Clause: If my spouse predeceases me, then to my child(ren) .

ARTICLE SEVEN

Appointment of Personal Representative: ; Successor:

ARTICLE EIGHT

Waiver of Bond, Inventory, Accounting, Reporting and Approval: I waive bond, inventory, accounting, reporting and approval.

ARTICLE NINE

Powers of Personal Representative, Executor and Executrix:

ARTICLE TEN

Construction Intentions: 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 her/him.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

If any person named herein is indebted to me, diminish their share by the amount of such debt.

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 ashes disposed of according to my Executor’s wishes.

I, , having signed this Will in the presence of and who attested it at my request on this the day of , 20 at , declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.

WITNESSES

Michigan Self Proving Affidavit

I, , the testator/testatrix, sign my name to this document on . I have taken an oath, administered by the officer whose signature and seal appear on this document, swearing that the statements in this document are true.

Typed Name:

State of Michigan

County of

Sworn to and signed in my presence by , the testator/testatrix, and sworn to and signed in my presence by and , witnesses on .

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(Seal) NOTARY PUBLIC

My Commission Expires: