ESTATE/PROBATE
Helpful Information
Anyone who owns property should have a Will, no matter the value of that property. If you die without a Will, South Carolina intestacy statutes will determine who gets your property.
What a Will does:
- Probating an Estate
- Wills
- Powers of Attorney
- Living Wills
- Health Care Powers of Attorney
- Probate Law and Litigation
Helpful Information
Anyone who owns property should have a Will, no matter the value of that property. If you die without a Will, South Carolina intestacy statutes will determine who gets your property.
What a Will does:
- A Will lets you decide how your property will be distributed upon your death.
- A Will may help reduce your estate taxes. With a Will, you can choose who will serve as personal representative (executor) of your estate and carry out the wishes you have made known in your Will.
- With a Will, you can avoid unnecessary expenses involved in the administration of an estate (dying without a Will).
- In a Will, parents can suggest the names of those individuals they want to be guardians for their children and any property their children may inherit.
- A Will is valid until it is changed or revoked as allowed by law. No Will becomes final until the death of the maker.
- A Will cannot be changed simply by writing something in after the Will is signed. Changes in circumstances of the maker of the Will often make a change in the Will advisable.