Last Will and Testament Example: Single Parent With One Child (Pennsylvania)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARGARET REILLY BAUER I, Margaret Reilly Bauer, residing at 2418 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born May 9, 1979, Pennsylvania driver's license number 24 601 883, being of sound mind and full testamentary capacity and acting freely, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. 1. Revocation. I revoke all wills and codicils I have previously made, as permitted by 20 Pa.C.S. section 2505. 2. Family status. I am divorced and not remarried. I have one child, my son Nathan Bauer, born in 2011. I intentionally make no provision for my former spouse. 3. Appointment of heir. I give my entire estate, real and personal, including my row house at 2418 Fairmount Avenue and my checking and savings accounts at Citizens Bank, to my son Nathan Bauer. 4. Specific legacy. I give my late father's Hamilton pocket watch to my brother, Kevin Reilly, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. 5. Substitute heir. If my son does not survive me by thirty days, I give my entire estate to my sister, Diane Reilly, of Havertown, Pennsylvania. 6. Guardian. If my son is a minor at my death, I appoint my sister, Diane Reilly, as guardian of his person and estate. 7. Executor. I appoint my brother, Kevin Reilly, as executor, to serve without bond and to settle my estate before the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County. 8. Inheritance tax. I direct that any Pennsylvania inheritance tax be paid from the residue. I note that transfers to my son are taxed at the lineal rate of 4.5 percent under Pennsylvania law. 9. Funeral wishes. I wish to be cremated and my ashes scattered at Valley Green along the Wissahickon. This will is written entirely in my own hand. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [date] [signature: Margaret Reilly Bauer] Advisory note: Under 20 Pa.C.S. section 2502, a Pennsylvania will is valid only if signed by the testator at the end of the document.