Do I need a will?

I'm attorney Amber Jade F. Johnson and you need to know if you really need a will. The answer to that is if you're over 18, yes you need a will and here's why.
                    
Especially in today's society, we have a lot of families with blended families or blended marriages, and we have second spouses, third spouses, but let me give you an example of one of the train wrecks that I have seen. 
                    
Let's start with an example of a couple, married couple, and the wife has children from her previous marriage, and she gets married to her second husband. The second husband does not legally adopt the children. That wife and the husband are in a car accident. The wife was killed instantly, and the husband died one hour later in the hospital. Neither wife nor husband had a will. 
                    
Well, when you don't have a will, Florida statutes fill one in for you. They have a will written for you and in this case, all of the assets went to the husband's relatives because he died last and I am certain this was not the intention of the wife or the husband but without a will, that's what the Florida law filled in. 
                    
So if you want your intentions, then you need to spell them out in your last will and testament.
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