Can I leave my estate to anyone?

Can I leave my estate to anyone?

Generally speaking, yes, you can leave your estate to anyone with some restrictions. For example, if you’re married, you cannot leave your spouse’s half of your community property to anyone you want, but you can leave your half of community property to anyone you want, including someone other than your spouse. So generally speaking, yes, you can leave your property to anyone you want.

There are other people who are considered prohibited transferees. You cannot leave your estate or any part of your estate to the attorney who drafts your trust, because there’s an obvious conflict of interest there. And there are other people, such as caregivers who might be suspicious as far as you’re leaving, assets to them as, having, exerted undue influence on you.

And in those cases, you can still leave assets to them, but you want to take the extra step of something called a Certificate of Independent Review to, protect, that, disposition. But long story short, in general, the answer to the question is yes. You can leave your assets to anyone you want.