A letter of instruction isn’t legally binding, so you shouldn’t include instructions for how you want your assets distributed after you die. You should write these in your will. What Is an Estate?

A Mother's Day cookout, appropriately enough, was when I first heard about the "death letter." At least that's what Bonny Kramer, the mother of my next-door neighbor Jodie, called it.

An updated estate plan is important for everyone who is 18 years or older. However, there is a lot of information that your family and executors will need that does not fit into a traditional Will.… ...

A letter of instruction can help to simplify a complex inheritance structure for your heirs. But you don’t need to have a complicated estate to benefit from one.