How do I remove one of my children from being a beneficiary on my will, without paying a lawyer?

You could completely nullify your will by trying to do this yourself. Or you could do something to your will or otherwise that would result in a messy lawsuit between your family members. If this is a small change, then a codicil to your will could be drafted and it should be quite inexpensive. Do not do this on your own. You are just looking for trouble for your family when you are gone. Hope this helps. If you think this post was helpful, please check the thumbs up (helpful) tab below and/or designate my answer as best answer. Thanks. Mr. Fromm is licensed to practice law throughout the state of PA with offices in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties. He is authorized to handle IRS matters throughout the United States. His phone number is 215-735-2336 or his email address is [email protected] . For further tax advice check out his website at www.sjfpc.com . and his blog at >

1. You dont mention what age your child is or whether that child is dependent upon you. This may affect that child's rights. 2. If you want to change the beneficiaries you can do a codicil that elminates that child. 3. If the will is simple, you could simply redo the entire will and eliminate that child and state that you have made that decision in the new will. 4. You are better off getting someone to consult with you on the will so that your family does not have a problem later when they try to probate it.

All I can tell you is beware, there are many pitfalls in doing that by yourself. While I can appreciate that you feel you do not have funds to pay an attorney, you also say there is an inheritance. If you use some of that inheritance money to protect your estate by hiring a qualified attorney to do a new estate plan, it would be money well spent. Any time someone wants to exclude an heir such as a child, it is not wise to do this without legal help. That is because the attorney would help in planning for a possible attack on the estate. The attack would happen after you are gone. If done wrong, you cannot come back to fix it.