What do you need to do to get a self proving affidavit? Not all that much, learn how!

So you filled out a West Palm Beach will with all the formalities  does that mean you are done? You may want to consider adding a self proving affidavit to make the witnesses’ lives easier. Do you know what this West Palm Beach probate document is and what it looks like? Make probate easier, consider adding one. Don’t know where to start? Start here and learn more.

Witnesses

• The witnesses to a will are important.
• Do you know what they do?
• When a witness signs onto the will the job does not end there!
• The West Palm Beach witness is going to have to go down to the West Palm Beach probate court and testify under oath!
• Do you know what they will have to say?
• They will have to testify about the facts of your execution and their presence their.
• Is there anyway you can let them avoid this inconvenience?
• You may want to consider adding the self proving affidavit.
• These are great ways to streamline probate.

Self-Proving Affidavits

• A self-proving affidavit is an affidavit you attach to the end of your West Palm Beach will.
• This is a simple document that can be less than one page added to your estate plan.
• The affidavit eliminates the need for witnesses to appear in court and testify under oath.
• This is great when you consider that witnesses move, travel and unfortunately die.
• The cool thing about these affidavits is you can add them anytime prior to the death of the testator.
• In other words if you are reading this right now you can still add it without having to redo your entire will!
• Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that executing a new will can be expensive and time consuming.
• But again, you do not have to do that you can just add this document to save time and money down the road.