Dear ...................................,
A Last Will and Testament is not
A Living Will, which is not anything like
A Living Trust, which is just another name for
A Revocable Trust, which is totally different from
An Irrevocable Trust, which can cause tax disasters or tax savings, such as
An Insurance Trust which can make life insurance tax-free if you're careful, but is not
A Credit Sheltered Trust, which is the same as an A/B Trust and
A Bypass Trust, and which really belongs inside a Revocable Trust or a Will, same as
An IRA Trust, which gives pensions to others if you don't spend it all first, but needs
A Designation of Beneficiary form for your Plans and IRAs, which is different from
A Designation of Beneficiary form for life insurance, which could be fixed under
A Financial Power of Attorney, if you're disabled but which has nothing to do with
A Healthcare Power of Attorney, which is much, much better than
A Living Will, which isn't
An Ethical Will, which, like everything else above, has nothing to do with
A Simple Will, because if you have assets, keeping them isn't simple.
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