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Wills and Estate Planning http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/index.cfm/catID/FD17 Source: Nolo Contains information on wills and estate planning. Includes information on estate planning basics, wills, probate and executors, avoiding probate, living trusts, estate and gift taxes, life insurance, healthcare directives and powers of attorney, and funeral planning and organ donations. full description	Where can I find information on estate planning basics? Where can I find information on executors? How can I avoid probate? What are living trusts? Where can I find information on healthcare directives and powers of attorney? Where can I find information on funeral planning? Where can I find information on organ donation?
Probate http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/pamphlets/p Source: Washington State Bar Association This web page has information about probate, which is a legal process for transferring property when an owner dies. Topics include Probate Proceedings; Probating an Estate; The Role of the Court; Time Required to Settle an Estate; Taxes, Fees and Costs; Making a Will; and Right of Survivorship. full description	Where can I find out about probate laws? Where can I find information about estate planning? How can I prepare a will? What is the right to survivorship?
Wills http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/pamphlets/w Source: Washington State Bar Association Information on planning and writing wills, including Planning a Will, Making a Valid Will, Dying Without a Will, Valid Will Requirements, Probate, Changing or Revoking a Will, Updating a Will, Longevity of a Will, Keeping a Will Safe, Costs and Fees, and Services of an Attorney. full description	How can I plan a will? What are the requirements for writing a valid will? What is probate? What does intestate mean? Where can I find information about changing a will? What are the costs and fees of a will? How long is a will valid?
Probate http://www.courts.wa.gov/selfhelp/index.cfm?fa=sel Source: Washington Courts A link to Washington state law on probate and trusts. full description	Where can I find Washington state law on Probate and Trust?
Probate and Trust Law -- RCW title 11 http://www.leg.wa.gov/rcw/index.cfm?fuseaction=tit Source: Washington State Legislature Links to Washington laws regarding probate and trusts. Includes links to laws on descent and distribution, simultaneous death, nonprobate assets on dissolution or invalidation of marriage, escheats, abatement of assets, wills, claims against the state, inheritance rights of slayers, guardianship, power of attorney, powers of appointment, trusts, trust funds, and charitable trusts. full description	Where can I find Washington laws on wills, probate, trusts and estate planning?