Listing of self-help materials and informational publications.
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After a Death Occurs: A Checklist
(Separate Website)
Here is a checklist of important things to do when someone close to you dies.
By: Legal Voice
Basic Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
(Separate Website)
This memo provides you with some basic background information to get you started on preparing your "estate plan."
By: Legal Voice
Dealing with Death
(Separate Website)
General information on things to consider when dealing with a death.
By: Washington State Attorney General
How to Claim the Personal Property of Someone Who Has Died: Affidavit Procedure for Small Estates
The affidavit procedure allows people who are entitled to a dead person's (also called a decedent) personal property, to get that property without going through probate.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Mental Health Advance Directives
(Separate Website)
A mental health advance directive (MHAD) is a written document that describes your directions and preferences for treatment and care during times when you are having difficulty communicating and making decisions. It can inform others about what treatment you want or don?t want, and it can identify a person called an
?agent? who you trust to make decisions and act on your behalf.
By: DSHS - Mental Health Division
Questions and Answers on Living Wills A living will is a paper that tells your doctors or others providing your health care when you want them to stop life-sustaining medical treatment and let you die. A health care power of attorney allows someone you appoint to make medical-treatment decisions for you if you are no longer able to make them yourself. This publication contains general information and a Living Will form you may download.
By: Columbia Legal Services
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Revocable Living Trusts
(Separate Website)
Information about what a revocable living trust is and why you might create one.
By: Washington State Bar Association
Signing Documents When Physically Unable
Sometimes a person wants to sign a document such as a power of attorney, will, or deed, but is physically unable to write her name. As long as the person is mentally competent to understand what she is signing, the fact that she cannot actually sign does not prevent the person from executing the document as long as the following procedures are followed. The laws discussed in this publication are attached at the end of the information for your reference.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Washington First Responder Will Clinic
(Separate Website)
The Washington Will Clinic aims to provide basic estate planning documents - wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives - for Washington first responders and their spouses/state registered domestic partners at no cost.
By: WSBA
Washington Probate Instructions and Forms
(Separate Website)
How to Probate a Washington Decedent's Estate
for those who have never set foot in a Courthouse.
By: Washington Probate
Washington Wills
(Separate Website)
Information on making, changing, keeping and contesting a Will in Washington state.
By: Washington Probate
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