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Create or Update Your Estate Plan

Name beneficiaries, draft a will and powers of attorney, and prevent heirs' property from breaking up family land.

Intermediate
2 hrs3 lessons6-question testAll courses

Interactive workshop

Build your estate plan checklist

Tell me about your household and assets and I will lay out what to do first.

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Sections

Pass each section to unlock the next

Read it or listen to it, then clear the section test. Sections open one at a time.

Section 1

Beneficiary designations override your will

Retirement accounts, life insurance, and payable-on-death bank accounts pass by beneficiary designation, not by will. If the form names an ex-spouse, that is who receives the money Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 2

Wills, powers of attorney, and trusts

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A will directs who receives your property and, critically, names a guardian for minor children. Without a will, state intestacy law decides both — and the result is frequently not Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 3

Heirs' property: the land loss problem

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When an owner dies without a will, land often passes to all descendants as tenants in common. Each generation multiplies the number of co-owners until dozens of relatives hold frac Join free to read, listen, and test.

Course test

Prove what you learned

Members take a 6-question test at the end of this course. Score 80% or higher and a certificate of completion is issued to your account.

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