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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd appreciate some recommendations on this too.  We need to get our stuff together (it is making me nervous).  How much should we expect to pay?  Seems we are frozen because we don't know who to go to or how much $$ we should expect to pay?

TIA[/quote]

Honestly, my advice if you are frozen is to get the willmaker software/book.  It costs about $30, it will educate you about all the issues, and if you have plain vanilla circumstances you will get a perfectly adequate will from it (with proper instructions on how to sign it to make it valid) so you at least have something.

That's not to say you shouldn't go to a lawyer-- a lawyer will do a better job of considering different future scenarios and setting up trusts so your kids don't get too much money too soon, and can help you consider whether you need trusts to avoid state estate taxes.

I think for 2 people you might end up paying around $1000-1500.  You can easily find people who will charge a lot more, you might find people who will charge less.[/quote]

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