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Pet Estate Plan
Free
Ensure the comfort and care of your pet by nominating a pet guardian, detailing proper care instructions, and providing emergency funds.
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Last Will
$88 individual; $148 couples
Designate who should care for your minor children, inherit your assets, and administer your estate.
✔️ Custom, state-specific documents
✔️ Optional advance health care directive and financial power of attorney included at no extra cost
✔️ Ability to share with trusted family and advisors
✔️ Unlimited member support
✔️ Free updates for life
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Revocable Living Trust
$348 individual; $398 couples
Avoid probate, set your family up with faster, private estate administration, and enjoy maximum control over your gifts.
All the goodness of Last Will and:
✔️ Avoid probate
✔️ Set conditions on distributions
✔️ Gain one-on-one support funding your trust
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Pet Estate Plan

Free

Nominate guardians for your pet

Detail proper, legally enforceable care instructions for your pet

Nominate guardians for your minor or special needs children

Determine who has access to your health information in the event of a medical emergency

Specify who has ability to make health care decisions on your behalf, if you are unable to make them yourself

Appoint an agent to manage your personal, business, and/or other financial affairs (if necessary)

Specify your final burial, cremation, or other arrangements

Identify who you would like to manage the administration of your estate plan when you pass

Determine how to distribute your assets

Make gifts of specific property (e.g., personal property, real estate, etc.)

Exclude certain people from receiving your property

Add conditions to gift distributions

Avoid probate court costs and delays

Keep your gifts non-public

Create Pet Estate Plan

Last Will

$88 individual; $148 couples

Nominate guardians for your pet

Detail proper, legally enforceable care instructions for your pet

Nominate guardians for your minor or special needs children

Determine who has access to your health information in the event of a medical emergency

Specify who has ability to make health care decisions on your behalf, if you are unable to make them yourself

Appoint an agent to manage your personal, business, and/or other financial affairs (if necessary)

Specify your final burial, cremation, or other arrangements

Identify who you would like to manage the administration of your estate plan when you pass

Determine how to distribute your assets

Make gifts of specific property (e.g., personal property, real estate, etc.)

Exclude certain people from receiving your property

Add conditions to gift distributions

Avoid probate court costs and delays

Keep your gifts non-public

Create Last Will

Trust

$348 individual; $398 couples

Nominate guardians for your pet

Detail proper, legally enforceable care instructions for your pet

Nominate guardians for your minor or special needs children

Determine who has access to your health information in the event of a medical emergency

Specify who has ability to make health care decisions on your behalf, if you are unable to make them yourself

Appoint an agent to manage your personal, business, and/or other financial affairs (if necessary)

Specify your final burial, cremation, or other arrangements

Identify who you would like to manage the administration of your estate plan when you pass

Determine how to distribute your assets

Make gifts of specific property (e.g., personal property, real estate, etc.)

Exclude certain people from receiving your property

Add conditions to gift distributions

Avoid probate court costs and delays

Keep your gifts non-public

Create Trust

Commonly Asked Questions

What is the difference between a last will and revocable living trust?

Last wills and revocable living trusts are the two most common estate planning tools.

A simple comparison highlights that revocable living trusts do everything that a last will does and more. However, that doesn’t mean that a revocable living trust is the better option in every case.

Choosing to create a revocable living trust or a last will is a personal decision driven by how you much value the advantages of a revocable living trust relative to its higher setup and ongoing maintenance requirements.

Read more on the difference between a last will vs revocable living trust in our resource library.

What is probate?

Probate is the legal process of administering a deceased person's estate.

It starts with proving in court that the deceased person's will is valid (if there is one) and appointing an executor (i.e., a manager) responsible for winding up the deceased person's earthly affairs. The executor helps identify and inventory the person's property, pays debts and taxes, and distributes the remaining property to the beneficiaries in the will or (if there is no will) the beneficiaries according to state law.

Probate creates a public record of the estate and can be time-consuming and expensive.

However, depending on the value of the deceased person's assets, how the assets are titled, and the state, the deceased person's estate may qualify for certain small probate or expedited proceedings.

You can also usually avoid probate by creating a revocable living trust.

How long does probate take?

Probate can take anywhere from several months to several years, depending on a variety of factors:

the complexity of the estate
the size of the estate
the laws of the state where the deceased person lived
the availability and competency of the local court that has jurisdiction over the probate proceeding

Do my documents have to be notarized?

All of your Just In Case Estates documents come with instructions on how to properly sign, witness, and notarize them to be legally valid in your state.

In most states, last wills and revocable living trusts do not need to be notarized to be considered legally valid. However, most estate planning attorneys recommend that you notarize your documents if possible because notarizing helps affirm that you met all the execution requirements at the time of signing.

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