A properly executed will is always high on the list of essential documents in sound estate planning. The decision to write a will is fundamentally important, but so are the choices made in storing the paper document once it has been produced.<\/p>\n
Somewhat surprisingly, it has been estimated that only 30 percent to 50 percent of Americans write a will. Whether it is because of inertia or the dislike for facing a subject related to one\u2019s death, many people in the United States put off writing a will or forgo doing so altogether. Absent a will, an estate is considered intestate, and the government, not the decedent, gets to decide who will receive a deceased person’s assets.<\/p>\n
The same reluctance to write a will may also keep a person from sharing the details of his or her estate with heirs, including the document’s location. <\/p>\n
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