Wills and Estate Planning Forms

Download a free copy of the Last Will of fantasy horror author H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937).

• Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American fantasy, horror and science fiction novelist best known for the Cthulhu Mythos.
• He was born into a wealthy family but their financial prospects changed drastically after his grandfather passed away and his mother was institutionalized.
• Lovecraft's works advanced the theories of cosmicism and the decline of civilization
• Sadly, he never achieved any measure of literary success during his lifetime. His work only became popular during the latter half of the 20th century and he is now considered one of the most important writers of supernatural horror.

Biographical information courtesy Wikipedia.org.

Download this free copy of the Will of New York billionaire Harry Helmsley (1909-1997).

• Helmsley was one of the most successful real estate magnates in America.
• In his will, Harry Helmsley leaves an estate estimated at $1.7 billion. A few of his vast holdings included the Empire State Building, and posh hotels in New York.
• Helmsley died of pneumonia in 1997 at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was survived by his wife Leona, who was known as the 'Queen of Mean'.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Heath Ledger (1979-2008).

Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of actor Henry Fonda.

• Henry Jaynes Fonda (1905-1982) was an American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists.
• Fonda made his Hollywood debut in 1935 and received his first Academy Award nomination for his performance as Tom Joad in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath.
• Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved toward both more challenging, darker epics as Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and lighter roles in family comedies like Yours, Mine and Ours with Lucille Ball.
• Henry Fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors, including daughter Jane Fonda, son Peter Fonda, granddaughter Bridget Fonda, and grandson Troy Garity; his family and close friends called him "Hank".
• His last movie role was in 1981's On Golden Pond, in which he played the father of real-life daughter Jane Fonda. Henry played an emotionally brittle and distant father who becomes more accessible at the end of his life. Jane Fonda has said that elements of the story mimicked their real-life relationship, and helped them resolve certain issues. She bought the film rights in the hope that her father would play the role, and later described it as "a gift to my father that was so unbelievably successful." The chemistry between them and Katharine Hepburn as the wife and mother made for an unforgettable film experience.
• In 1999, Henry Fonda was named the sixth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Biographical material taken from Wikipedia.com.

Read a portion of the Last Will of Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England, Ireland and France.

• Henry Tudor was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. Besides his six marriages, he is more popularly known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, and establishing himself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
• Henry changed religious ceremonies and rituals and suppressed the monasteries, while remaining a fervent believer in core Catholic theological teachings, even after his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.
• Henry was, by all accounts, an attractive and charismatic man, educated and accomplished, who ruled with absolute power. His overwhelming desire to provide England with a male heir led to the two things that Henry is remembered for today: his six wives, and the English Reformation that made England a Protestant nation.
• Henry Tudor's historical image is lustful, egotistical, deceitful, opinionated, and insecure, and his vast wasteful luxuries and useless wars depleted the English treasury.

Source of information: Wikipedia.org

Prepare an Affidavit of Heirship for estate property in Illinois with this template form.

• The Affidavit of Heirship is used to establish ownership of personal and real property that is not identified in a Will.
• The Affidavit sets out all of the potential heirs of the deceased person and may need to be recorded in the official land records, if there is real property involved.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the State of Illinois.

Clear title to a real estate property after the death of a joint owner with this Illinois Survivorship Affidavit.

• The affidavit must be sworn and filed in the appropriate County office to transfer the title into the name of the surviving owner.
• The Affidavit sets out the details of the deceased's passing and the value of the estate.
• You must provide a copy of the death certificate when you register the affidavit.
• Jointly owned property does not go through probate. Filing the Illinois Survivorship Affidavit is sufficient to transfer ownership to the survivor.

Transfer ownership of a real estate property in India from the heir of a deceased's estate to another party with this Deed of Release form.

• This is a downloadable legal form that is used to transfer property belonging to a deceased person who died without a Will (intestate).
• The legal heir of the deceased can use the Deed of Release to transfer the real estate to the person specified in the Deed, and to relinquish and release all of the heir's own rights to the property.

Buy the India Deed of Release form, fill it in, and print it for signature and recordation.

In Indiana, when a joint owner of a property dies, the survivor must file a Survivorship Affidavit to transfer title into his or her name.

• In the Affidavit, you, as the surviving joint tenant, must state:
  • the details of the ownership of the property,
  • that the funeral expenses have been paid,
  • that federal estate tax is not payable on the deceased's assets.
• The form should be signed in front of a notary and recorded at the proper county office to convey title into your name.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the State of Indiana.

Download a copy of the Last Will of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), one of the wealthiest men in the world at the turn of the 20th century.

• John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier, banker and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. He entered the field of banking at the age of 20.
• Morgan made money on the American Civil War by selling rifles to US forces. During the Panic of 1893, Morgan's syndicate kept the US Treasury afloat with $65 million in gold.
• From 1890 to 1913, 42 major corporations were organized or had their securities underwritten by J. P. Morgan and Company.
• Morgan had a knack for taking over troubled businesses, reorganizing them and returning them to profitability. But he wasn't always successful in his ventures. He was one of the principal owners of the White Star Line, which owned the RMS Titanic. The ship's sinking was a financial disaster for White Star and its owners.

Source: Wikipedia.org