A Will is a legal document that controls how your assets are distributed after death. A Will can help you accomplish many important tasks that will occur after you pass away, including, but not limited to:

• naming a guardian for your minor children
• making charitable gifts
• identify who will receive your assets
• name an executor to manage your estate

Ideally, a will is a place to convey the person's wishes before they die. Wills need to be in writing, signed by or at the direction of the one making the Will, and singed by two others who witnessed the signing. When contested, courts try to uphold the intent of the person who made the Will, looking at the entire Will and considering surrounding facts and circumstances. Therefore it is important the Will is drafted appropriately, clearly expresses the intent of the individual and ensures it comports to all appropriate laws.

An advanced health care directive provides directions and instructions to an healthcare providers about the type and course of treatment you want to be followed if you cannot make these decisions at that time due to incapacity or an illness. This provides the designated individual, within the advance health care directive, the authority to make healthcare decision on behalf of the incapacitated person. The advance health care directive details the medical services the incapacitated person wants or does not want at the end of life.