Lawrence & Jurkiewicz, LLC are wills attorneys in Avon and Torrington, Connecticut who are prepared to assist you in drafting a will and/or developing an estate plan which precisely reflects your intent.

If you pass without a will, then the laws of intestacy will control how your property will be distributed, and a probate judge, instead of a person you know and trust, will make any discretionary decisions which may arise. If you already have a will, events which have occurred since you signed the will (like births, deaths, marriages, divorces, loss or gain of assets or liabilities, special needs or changed circumstances of beneficiaries, or your own change of mind) may render the will outdated and obsolete, in that the effect of the will may not be at all what you intend.

You should have a will if you do not already have one, and any existing will should be periodically reviewed and, if necessary, updated, either by means of a codicil (which revokes a portion of an existing will, adds to, or qualifies the will), or by an entirely new will which, by operation of law, completely revokes all earlier wills and codicils.

You should also have a living will, which may provide for the withholding or withdrawal of life support systems in the event you become permanently unconscious, the appointment of a trusted relative or friend as your health care agent and attorney-in-fact for health care decisions should you become unable to make such decisions for yourself, and any anatomical gifts. With the ever-increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, it is important both that you have a living will, and that any living will be periodically reviewed and updated. For more information, call for a free initial consultation about your will with a lawyer at our Avon or Torrington, Connecticut office.