Leaving Your Property Through Your Will

How to Leave Your Property When You're a Parent

When you make your will with WillMaker, one of the key decisions you make will be how to leave your property. In this part of the interview, you specify who gets what after your death. As an unmarried parent, your child may figure prominently in your plans for distributing your property after your death.

How to Pass Your Property When You're Married

When you make your will with WillMaker, one of the key decisions you make will be how to leave your property. In this part of the interview, you specify who gets what after your death. If you want to leave everything to your spouse, this job will be exceedingly simple. It will take a bit more effort

Property Ownership Rules for Spouses

When making your will with Quicken WillMaker, it will be useful to understand how you and your spouse own property together. That is, you may want to understand what you own, what does your spouse own, and what you own together. Or you may have a more specific question, like If both spouses are on the

Estate Distribution for People With Kids

When you make your will with WillMaker, one of the key decisions you make will be how to leave your property. In this part of the interview, you specify who gets what after your death. As an unmarried parent, your children may figure prominently in your plans for distributing your property after your

Your Spouse's Right to Inherit From You

If you intend to leave your spouse or registered domestic partner very little or no property, you may run into some legal roadblocks. All common law property states protect a surviving spouse or partner from being completely disinherited—and most assure that a spouse has the right to receive a substantial

Naming Your Main Beneficiary

When you choose to leave your entire estate to one or more beneficiaries, WillMaker next asks you to name those beneficiaries. Here is some information about making that choice. What Your Main Beneficiary Receives The beneficiary or beneficiaries you name to receive your “entire estate” will get

Choosing Alternates for Your Children

If you leave your child or children most of your property, your next task will be to decide who should get that property in the worst-case scenario -- if your children die before you do. The will you create with WillMaker provides that a beneficiary must survive you by 45 days to receive property through

Choosing Alternates for Your Main Beneficiaries

When you’re making your will with WillMaker, if you specify that one or more beneficiaries should receive all or most of your property, your next task will be to decide who would get that property if any of your first-choice beneficiaries were to die before you do. The WillMaker will provides that

Choosing Alternates for Your Spouse or Partner (When You Don't Have Kids)

When you make your will with WillMaker, and you choose to leave your spouse or domestic partner all or most of your property, your next task will be to choose an alternate or alternates for your spouse or partner. The Survivorship Requirement Your will provides that all beneficiaries—including your

Choosing Alternates for Your Spouse or Partner When You Have Kids

If you want your spouse or registered domestic partner to receive all or most of your property, WillMaker then asks you to name an alternate for your spouse or partner. The will you create with WillMaker provides that all beneficiaries—including your spouse—must survive you by 45 days to receive

Naming a Trust as Beneficiary

With WillMaker, you can name a trust as a beneficiary of your wi. A trust can be a main beneficiary, alternate beneficiary, or residuary beneficiary. When you name a trust as beneficiary, after you die your executor will transfer the property to the trust rather than directly to a person or organization.

Naming a Residuary Beneficiary

When you choose to give some specific items to certain people (rather than leaving your estate as a whole), WillMaker asks you to name a beneficiary for your residuary estate. Your residuary beneficiary or beneficiaries will get everything not named as specific bequests. If you name one person or a group

Name a Trust as a Beneficiary

Under some circumstances, it might make sense to name a trust as the beneficiary of your will. When you die, the property you leave will be transferred to the trust, rather than directly to a person or organization. This is generally done for one of two reasons—either you want all of the property that

Naming Beneficiaries for your Specific Gifts

When naming specific beneficiaries for your WillMaker will, follow these general rules: Be consistent. Use exactly the same form each time you enter a person or organization's name. For example, don't use a full name in one answer and a nickname in another. Don't include the person's relationship to