The little bit that you spend on a professionally drafted and executed Will could potentially save your estate much more in the long run. There are taxes and administrative costs that you can reduce or avoid altogether if you create a good estate plan.
Also, because there are many "terms of art" in the legal profession, it is easy for nonlawyers to misuse a legal phrase or term in such a way that it produces quite unintended results.
Moreover, if you do not understand the way non-probate transfers occur after death, you would not be able to synchronize the bequests under your Will with the results of non-probate transfers. You might think you are giving two beneficiaries the same amount, but if you do not take non-probate transfers into account, you could inadvertently cause one beneficiary to wind up with a whopping portion of your estate, whilst another beneficiary gets relatively little.
I think the best advice is to make the investment in a professionally drafted and executed Will and a thorough estate plan, because this can create much greater benefits to your loved ones in the long run.
See also,
doriuslaw.com/make-will-alabama-estate-planning-lawyer/
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