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Steps to Create a Will in Maine Decide what property to include in your will. Decide who will inherit your property. Choose an executor to handle your estate. Choose a guardian for your children. Choose someone to manage children's property. Make your will. Sign your will in front of witnesses. Store your will safely.

Contact the Office of the Public Guardian to get the relevant forms and an information pack. You can download the forms or fill them out online. You can fill out the forms yourself, or with the help of a solicitor or local advice agency.

Signing a Power of Attorney means that someone else can handle your affairs if you ask them to or when you cannot. It does not mean you give up any rights to your money, your property or your ability to make your own decisions.

Use Form 2848-ME to authorize an individual to represent you before Maine Revenue Services (?MRS?). Signing this Power of Attorney (?POA?) form authorizes MRS to communicate with and provide your confidential information to the individual you name as your representative.

Power of attorney The donor and attorney must be aged 18 or over. They both need to have mental capacity at the time the PoA is signed. A PoA only lasts as long as the donor is alive. A PoA isn't like a joint bank account ? an attorney can only help manage a donor's account in the way they want them to.

No, in Maine, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Maine allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.