Davenport's South Carolina Wills And Estate Planning Legal Forms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798376868959)

From Davenport Publishing and written by attorneys this easy to use book covers "Estate Planning" in South Carolina. This is about doing legal documents to control health care, property, money, children, funeral, and more if later absent, sick, or dead. This book is for South Carolina and due to different laws an Estate Planning book and legal forms can't be used for different states. See books and legal forms at www.davenportpublishing.com.
This book is short so may read rough but lets person read in day the basics of the subject. Legal forms can be used to make binding legal documents. Ready to use legal forms for South Carolina in this book and download are:
- - AFTER DEATH FORMS - -
Form 1. Will (Standard) - a Will (also called a "Last Will And Testament") lets a person control things after their death like who gets their money and property, who is Executor handling things, and letting some easier legal options be used later to reduce costs and delays.
Form 2. Will (Guardians) - Will with parts added to name someone as Guardian to care for minor child under 18 if needed (like if no parent is available), and also name someone as Conservator to if needed manage money and property of a child and spend this on them till child reaches age 18.
Form 3. Self-Proving Affidavit - optional form done with Will to later help prove Will was properly signed.
Form 4. Tangible Personal Property List - lets person easily outside Will write more gifts to occur after death of "tangible personal property" like furniture, jewelry, vehicles, art, electronics, tools, and clothes.
- - HEALTH CARE FORMS - -
Form 5. Health Care Power Of Attorney - lets a person name someone as Health Care Agent to control health care if they're incapacitated, write health care instructions, and if wanted do serious step of saying stop health care if later they are incapacitated and health is very bad (the next form also does this).
Form 6. Declaration Of A Desire for a Natural Death - does serious act of stopping care if later doctors think incapacitated person's health is very bad and more care won't help. (this is often called a "Living Will").
Form 7. Do Not Resuscitate Order - does serious act of saying immediately from now on do not try certain health care, and this actually is 2 forms either a "D.N.R." form about "resuscitation" and not trying to help breathing or heart, or a "P.O.S.T." form about not trying many medical treatments listed in the form.
- - GIVING POWER FORMS - -
Form 8. Durable Power Of Attorney - lets power over money, property, and more be given during life to trusted person so they have legal power to help do things, like handle paying bills, and this book's form also has option to give power over a minor child under 18 but South Carolina law is not clear about this.
Form 9. Final Wishes - lets instructions be given and maybe person named to control issues with body after death like funeral or burial (usually done if person doesn't want closest family to do this like usual).
Also in book is an Estate Planning Helpful Information form to help a person pass on information to family and friends. See books and legal forms at www.davenportpublishing.com.

Author: Robert Maxwell, Beth Farmer, Alex Russell
ISBN-10: 8376868950
ISBN-13: 9798376868959
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2023
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33d