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01. Start with a blank Pour Over Will Document
Open the blank document in the editor, set the document view, and add extra pages if applicable.
02. Add and configure fillable fields
Use the top toolbar to insert fields like text and signature boxes, radio buttons, checkboxes, and more. Assign users to fields.
03. Distribute your form
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Step 1: Log in to DocHub to begin creating your Pour Over Will Document.

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Step 2: Navigate to the dashboard.

Once logged in, access your dashboard. This is your main hub for all document-based activities.

Step 3: Kick off new document creation.

In your dashboard, hit New Document in the upper left corner. Select Create Blank Document to put together the Pour Over Will Document from the ground up.

Step 4: Add template elements.

Add various items like text boxes, images, signature fields, and other interactive areas to your template and designate these fields to particular individuals as required.

Step 5: Customize your document.

Refine your form by incorporating guidelines or any other required tips using the text tool.

Step 6: Go over and tweak the form.

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Step 7: Send out or export the document.

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A living trust may be better than a will if: You want to maintain privacy over your property or assets. You have several real estate properties. You have docHub financial assets.
How do you write a pour-over will? Set up a living trust. Before you can make a pour-over will, you first need to create a living trust. Name your trustee as the beneficiary in your pour-over will. Name a will executor. Consider your other estate-planning needs.
The main difference is in scope. A standard will is intended to account for the entirety of the deceaseds estate. They provide instructions for distributing all assets. By comparison, a pour-over will only gives instruction for handling assets not included in the standard will.
I give all of my probate estate, after expenses and taxes are for under this Last Will and Testament, to the then-acting Trustee of the [Trust Name], dated [Trust Date], and any amendments thereto (the Trust), executed before this Last Will and Testament, to be added to the property of that trust.
A pour-over will can help the family and beneficiaries of the testators will avoid probate on non-trust assets by transferring them into the trusts care after the testator dies. If the value of the pour-over assets does not exceed Californias statutory limits for trust funds, the assets will not move into probate.
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Related Q&A to Pour Over Will Document

Some of the disadvantages of a pour-over will The assets that go through the trust do not need to go through probate. The pour-over assets do need to go through probate. The main problem here is one of time. Until there is the probate of the will, the assets are essentially in limbo - on hold.
There are different types of wills, but the four main types are wills: simple, testamentary trust, joint, and living wills. Each type is meant for different situations, satisfying varying individual needs and circumstances as part of your estate planning.

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