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Conservator
A person or entity who is appointed by the court to exercise certain powers for the care of an incapacitated person, the person's estate, or both.
Will
A legal document that directs where a person's property should go after that person dies.
Power of attorney
A legal agreement that authorizes someone to handle or share in handling the financial matters of another person. A "durable" power of attorney can continue to give power to another in handling financial matters after incapacitation has occurred.
Living Trust
A living trust is an estate planning device that allows a person to transfer assets to one or more persons before and after they die.
Assets
All property owned by a person that can be used or made available to use in the payment of debts and heirs.
Estate
All of the property owned by a person, including real estate and personal property.
Payable on death account (POD)
An account, such as a bank account, that is handed over to a specified person upon another person's death.
Codicil
An amendment to a will. It is a separate document.
Joint tenancy
A property held in joint tenancy is owned by two or more people who have an undivided interest in the property, and the interest continues even after the other owners die.
Escheat to the state
When no heirs have made claims to either all or part of an estate, the state receives the unclaimed estate.
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