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Here's a quick checklist for making a will in Kentucky: 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.

After making an online will in Kentucky, you must print it out and sign it (in front of two witnesses who also sign it in front of you and each other). Other specifications for wills in Kentucky include: Emancipated minors may write a will. A minor who has a child can appoint a guardian for their child in a will.

No, you are not required to use a lawyer to make a Will in Kentucky. There are some situations, like a complex estate or difficult family relationships, where it may be beneficial to consult a lawyer.

While it is not required under Kentucky law that you have your will notarized, it is always a good idea to notarize your will so that it is ?self-proving? in court. This means that the court will accept the will as is without having witnesses testify to the will's validity.

In Kentucky you can write a will in your own handwriting. This type of will is known as a holographic will. If you make this kind of will, the entire will needs to be handwritten by you. It must be signed and dated by you as well.

If you want to prepare a type-written will at home, you can still do that without an attorney. But a type-written will must have the signature of two witnesses and signed by the testator in the proper place. Using only a Notary Public to witness it does not make it valid.