Living Trust/ Living Will

[Tenny]

Slightly different situations, but my father just passed away without a Will and it is a major headache for us kids left behind. From the surviour's point of view I can't tell how important a Will is. That said I need to go call a lawyer to get mine taken care of!!

[LeslieR]

Argh-we've been talking about it before DS was born and still haven't gotten around to it. I think the biggest thing holding us back is that cannot decide who we want to pick as guardians.

[tunibell]

Definitely go through a lawyer. I *think* in CA that everything goes to probate automatically unless a trust is in place. We also paid $$$$ for ours, but it really is money well spent.

[EJM]

We are just finishing up ours now. We created the trust, and are finishing transferring all the assets to it this week and next. It was much more complicated than I thought, and was really glad we hired an attorney to help us. It was pricey but worth it for the peace of mind.