Life and Estate Planning

• Advance Directive

  This Advance Directive can tell your family and health care providers your decisions if you get ill and cannot tell them yourself. Write-in-the-blank forms allow you to print out a form, then write your information into the form with a pen. Content Detail

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  Montana Supreme Court Commission on Self Represented Litigants

• End-of-Life Registry Service

  Montana's End-of-Life Registry stores advance health care directives (instructions for doctors and family members about the level of health care individuals want or do not want in the event that they become seriously ill and unable to speak for themselves). The Registry is secure and provides this service free of charge. Content Detail

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  State of Montana Department of Justice

• Fill-In-The-Blank Power of Attorney for Property Form

  This link will get you forms for power of attorney for property. These forms are ones you print out, then fill-in-the-blanks. This publication tells you about the power of attorney for property. This is the act of giving another person authority to act in your place. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Link to Online Power of Attorney for Property Forms

  WARNING! This form is currently experiencing problems. It may not work. You may lose data. The form will be unavailable from the evening of Friday, July 30 until further notice for maintenance. Create your own power of attorney for property form! This online, automated forms service helps you to make your own court forms. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Revocation of Power of Attorney word

  A form to get rid of your power of attorney. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Power of Attorney

  Information about giving another person the authority to make decisions for you through a document called the Power of Attorney. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Probate

  An introduction to the process of settling an estate, with or without a will, after a person dies. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Revocation of Medical Power of Attorney word

  A form to get rid of your medical power of attorney. Content Detail

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  Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA)

• Thinking the Unthinkable: What Everybody Needs to Know About Estate Planning

  Information about how to plan for passing your assets on to your family or friends. Content Detail

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  Financial Planning Association (FPA)

• Dying Without a Will in Montana: Who Receives Your Property? PDF

  Information about how your property will pass to family and friends if you die without a will in Montana. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Living Trust Scams

  How to avoid living trust scams. Content Detail

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  State Bar of Montana

• Living Trusts Offers: How To Make Sure They Are Trust-Worthy

  Information about Living Trusts and ways to make sure that you are not scammed. Content Detail

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  Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Revocable Living Trusts

  Information about the benefits, shortfalls, costs, and tax consequences of living trusts. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Transferring Non-Titled Property

  Information about how to deal with transferring things like photographs and family heirlooms. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension

• Wills PDF

  This article describes what a will is and defines important estate planning terms. Content Detail

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  Montana State University Extension