If I want to leave a property to my children but the property has a mortgage on it, how do I word it in the Will?
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If I want to leave a property to my children but the property has a mortgage on it, how do I word it in the Will?
I have a life insurance policy that would cover the mortgage when I die.
Asked on December 14, 2012 under Estate Planning, Illinois
Answers:
Victor Waid / Law Office of Victor Waid
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Do yourself and your potential heirs a favor and seek out an estate planning attorney who could prepare a trust with a pour over will, rather than use of a will only; use of a will, will put you into probate court and cost your heirs some significant money in probate fees, whereas if you put the residence into a trust naming the intended beneficiaries, and put the life beneficiary as the trust to pay off the mortgage ammong other provisions, then your heirs will stay out of probate court and pay a lot less fees to the attorney then you would pay in a probate court setting.
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