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Make your wishes known!

Your free living will speaks on your behalf when you are incapacitated and unable to do so. It is a health care directive, instructing medical personnel and family in advance as to what medical treatment you wish to receive and how you wish your remains to be treated as far as organ donations are concerned.

An advance health directive is not difficult to compose and need not be done by a lawyer to be legally binding.

What is important before completing your living will form, is to have an open discussion in advance with your loved ones as to your preferences.

The best time to do this is when you are in good health and of sound mind. Even younger people must consider leaving a living will because a medical crisis can happen to anybody at any time.

It is also highly recommended to update your Living Will from time to time so that doctors will know your document reflects your current wishes.s

Your living will only comes into effect when you can no longer communicate. For your loved ones it can relieve the stress of having to make agonizing decisions, knowing what your wishes are - even avoiding possible disagreement amongst family members.

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order in Your Free Living Will

Adding a DNR order as a clause in your living will must be carefully considered. One would not add this as a standard clause, but rather because the burden may outweigh the benefits.

For example, where a patient's recovery is unlikely, or pain or suffering will be prolonged, or the patient will be subjected to degrading treatment after resuscitation.

And it's important to note that only a physician can actually issue an 'order' to not administer CPR - medical personnel will not withold intervention (for fear of being held liable or prosecuted) without doctor's orders. You can add the wish to your living will so your loved ones are all informed, but you (or your duly appointed proxy or representative) need to discuss this with a senior attending physician and get a signed Do Not Resuscitate Order in place.

Having reviewed the guidelines on this page, our Free Living Will Form can be used as a sample document which you can edit to reflect your personal wishes.

Note: A living will is not part of your Last Will and Testament where you will specify funeral arrangements. Read more on this page How to Write a Will where we also supply links to a variety of free legal will forms.

NB: To make your living will legally binding

• You must be of legal age and have mental capacity (at the time of issuing the directive) to make medical decisions
• It must be witnessed by two people who are legal adults
• Witnesses must not be related to you in any way
• Witnesses can not be beneficiaries of your estate
• They are not directly involved with your health care providers
• They have not been named as your agent in a medical power of attorney document or in your living will

You can ask anybody who knows you such as a friend, co-worker or neighbor to witness your signature.

Signed copies of your living will should be given to your physician and close family or friends.

It is not necessary to have your advance health directive notarized by a notary public or commissioner of oath, though you can do so if you wish. You can cancel or change your living will at any time.

There's One More Important Document to Have In Place!

So many of us have digital accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, eMail, Twitter etc. You would not want your logins or details to become public knowledge - as is the case with a Last Will - so you need to make provision for this in a separate and private document.

You may have had a painful reminder on Social Media of a friend or family member's birthday, long after their passing. So you may want to consider having your page(s) memorialized or closed at the end of your life.

There's no need to specify these 'digital assets' or online accounts in your will, since in most instances they do not have a monetary value.

However, you could (should!) enable a trusted person to close these accounts rather than leave them out there where they could be compromised.

We are making it easy to leave detailed instructions to your executor on how you want your accounts to be finalised when you pass away.

Visit our EndExec page to register your email address and get advance notice when we launch our APP!

Consider your beliefs and preferences seriously and then set out your advance health directives in the free living will form provided.

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Need a basic will? You can use this free will form as template
to make legal arrangements for your loved ones after your death.

Should your assets be substantial and be subject to federal estate taxes or death duty, or you need more complicated estate planning such as the establishment of living trusts, you should seek professional advice.

You can still use our free will form as a basis to streamline your thoughts before consulting with legal counsel.

Don't be afraid to issue specific instructions to your executors. Unless such instructions are against the law, there is no reason why they should be challenged.

The free last will template on this page may be suitable for married people with minor children.

And what about single people with minor children?

The following is actually very important for anyone with minor children!

Not only do you need to make provision for a guardian for your children, you should also consider nominating a trustee to administer the assets you bequeath to your children by creating a Testamentary Trust.

We'll show you the why and how on these pages:

Or refer to our page on How to Write a Will (referenced below and on the Navigation Bar left) for links to our other free legal wills which may suit your requirements better.

A will should be updated regularly whenever your circumstances change. Rather than adding codicils or endless alternatives, which may become confusing, it is more practical to copy this free will form into your word program, where you can alter it from time to time to produce an up-to-date document.

What About Your Online Accounts?

So many of us have digital accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, eMail, Twitter etc. You would not want your logins or details to become public knowledge (as is the case with a Last Will).

We are making it easy to leave detailed instructions to your executor on how you want your accounts to be finalised when you pass away.

Visit our EndExec page to register your email address and get advance notice when we launch our APP!

Free Will Form:

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

of

____________________________________

(Full Names and Surname)

____________________________________

(Identification / Social Security Number(s)

____________________________________

____________________________________

(Address)

1. Declaration

I hereby declare that this is my last will and testament and that I hereby revoke, cancel and annul all wills and codicils previously made by me either jointly or severally. I declare that I am of legal age to make this will and of sound mind and that this last will and testament expresses my wishes without undue influence or duress.

2. Family Details

I am married to _____________________________ hereinafter referred to as my spouse.

I have the following children:

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

3. Appointment of Executors

3.1. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint _________________________ as Executor or if this Executor is unable or unwilling to serve then I appoint _______________________ as alternate Executor.

3.2. I hereby give and grant the Executor all powers and authority as are required or allowed in law, and especially that of assumption.

3.3. I hereby direct that my Executors shall not be required to furnish security and shall serve without any bond.

3.4. Pending the distribution of my estate my Executors shall have authority to carry on any business, venture or partnership in which I may have any interest at the time of my death.

3.5. My Executors shall have full and absolute power in his/her discretion to sell all or any assets of my estate, whether by public auction or private sale and shall be entitled to let any property in my estate on such terms and conditions as may be acceptable to my beneficiaries.

3.6. My Executors shall have authority to borrow money for any purpose connected with the liquidation and administration of my estate and to that end may encumber any of the assets of my estate.

4. Guardian

4.1. Failing the survival of my spouse as natural guardian I appoint _____________________ or failing him / her I appoint ______________________ to be the legal Guardian of my minor children named:

__________________________

__________________________

__________________________

until such time as they attain the age of _____________ years.

4.2. I direct that my nominated Guardian shall not be required to furnish security for acting in that capacity.

5. Beneficiary

I bequeath the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature to my spouse _______________________.

6. Alternate Beneficiaries

6.1. Should my spouse not survive me by thirty (30) days I direct that the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature be divided amongst my children named in 2. above in equal shares.

6.2. Should my said spouse and I and my children all die simultaneously or within thirty (30) days of each other as a result of the same accident or calamity, then and in that event, I direct that the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature shall devolve as follows:

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

7. Special Requests

I direct that on my death my remains shall be cremated and all cremation expenses shall be paid out of my estate.

OR

I direct that on my death my remains shall be buried at _______________________ and all funeral expenses shall be paid out of my estate.

8. General

8.1. Words signifying one gender shall include the others and words signifying the singular shall include the plural and vice versa where appropriate.

8.2. Should any provision of this will be judged by an appropriate court of law as invalid it shall not affect any of the remaining provisions whatsoever.

Signed on this _________________ day of _________________20_____ at this location _______________________________________ in the presence of the undersigned witnesses.

SIGNED: _______________________________

WITNESSES

As witnesses we declare that we are of sound mind and of legal age to witness a will and that to the best of our knowledge ____________________, the creator of this will, is of legal age to make a will, appears to be of sound mind and signed this will willingly and free of undue influence or duress. We declare that he / she signed this will in our presence as we then signed as witnesses in his / her presence and in the presence of each other witness, all being present at the same time.
Under penalty of perjury we declare these statements to be true and correct on this
________________ day of _________________ 20 __
at this location ________________________________.

Witness 1.

Name: ________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

Signature: ________________________________________

Witness 2.

Name:________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

Signature: ________________________________________

* * *

Our aim in providing this free will form is not to compile a document that would cover a myriad of contingencies, but a framework within which you could enter your own provisions.

Making a will is more important than arranging car insurance, but many people pay more attention to the latter.

If you make even the most basic will, using the free will form as sample, it is better than having no will at all!

You may want to donate your remains or organs for transplantation or research. Using our free Living Will Form is a better option to make your wishes known in that regard for the sake of expediency.

In describing your alternate beneficiaries you could make provision for a long list of eventualities. A more practical approach will be to compile your will, using any of our legal documents and to update it whenever necessary.

Refer to our Free Legal Forms Online for step-by-step instructions on how to edit and produce your printable legal forms.

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