Last Will and Testament Form

Missouri Last Will and Testament

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF

BE IT KNOWN THIS DAY THAT,

I, of County, Missouri, 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 children from said marriage:

Name: Date of Birth:

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:

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 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 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 ... to my child(ren)

ARTICLE SEVEN

Property To Vest In Trustee for Child Beneficiary

In the event that my spouse predeceases me and any of my children are under the age of years of age, then I direct that my Personal Representative shall transfer assets to my Trustee.

Age of release from trust:

ARTICLE EIGHT

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.

ARTICLE NINE

Appointment of Trustee

I appoint or, if the appointee fails to qualify or ceases to act, I appoint as Trustee.

ARTICLE TEN

Appointment of Guardian

In the event that my spouse, dies without having made just provision for the care and custody of our children who may be under the age of years, I appoint as Guardian.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Appointment of Personal Representative, Executor or Executrix

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

Successor Personal Representative:

ARTICLE TWELVE

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 THIRTEEN

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.

1. To exercise all of the powers, rights and discretions granted by virtue of any Uniform Trustees' Powers Law and/or Probate Code.

2. To compromise claims and to abandon property of little or no value.

3. To purchase or otherwise acquire and retain any and all stocks, bonds, notes or other securities.

4. To settle, adjust, dissolve, wind up or continue any partnership or other entity.

5. To lease, sell, or offer on a lease purchase any real or personal property.

6. To sell, exchange, assign, transfer and convey any security or property.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

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 FIFTEEN

Misc. Provisions

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

If any person named herein is indebted to me at the time of my death, that person's portion 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.

Witnesses

Missouri Self Proving Affidavit

THE STATE OF MISSOURI

COUNTY OF

I, the undersigned, an officer authorized to administer oaths, certify that , the Testator/Testatrix of the Will, and the witnesses, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having appeared together before me and having been first duly sworn, each then declared to me that the Testator/Testatrix of the Will signed and executed the instrument as her or his last Will...