What Happens to Your Estate Plan If You Move to a New State?

Watch Carina de la Torre explain what happens to your estate plan if you move to a new state on YouTube.

What if I move?

Let's say you've done your estate plan. You have everything in place, everything signed and notarized, and then you move. What do you do? Then the good news is that documents that we've helped you sign, witness and notarize are going to be good in any state. In the United States, you can travel, you can move, and these documents will continue to protect you.

However, if you are relocating to a new state, chances are there's other things going on in your life that may require updating your estate plan. Your assets may be changing, your family may be changing, and your guardians for your children might be changing. If that's the case, it makes sense to meet with a new attorney to review your estate plan and see what changes, if any need to be made.

So to the extent that you're here, we can keep your estate plan up to date to the extent that you move, we can help connect you with a new attorney in your new state who has a similar philosophy and approach that we do to help keep your estate plan updated. The important thing is to continue to meet with an attorney to make sure that your estate plan grows and changes with you.