Mississippi Estate Planning
Get your own affairs in order in Mississippi, for yourself or an aging parent. Compare the documents most adults need (a will, a power of attorney, and a healthcare directive), decide whether you need a trust, and see how to keep your estate out of probate.
Which document do I need?
The core documents at a glance. Each row links to its Mississippi guide.
- Will
- Mississippi will requirements: the 18-and-sound-mind rule, two-credible-witness signing, holographic wills, self-proving affidavits, and chancery court probate. Read the guide
- Living trust
- A Mississippi revocable living trust under the Uniform Trust Code (Miss. Code Title 91, Ch. 8): roles, funding, the pour-over will, and avoiding chancery court. Read the guide
- Power of attorney
- Mississippi power of attorney basics: not durable by default, the exact durability language, springing POAs, signing rules, and how it ends at death. Read the guide
- Healthcare directive
- How a Mississippi advance health care directive works: one combined form names an agent, writes living-will wishes, and sets the surrogate priority list. Read the guide
Mississippi estate planning guides
Mississippi Estate Planning Basics
Mississippi estate planning basics: the will, durable power of attorney, advance directive, trusts, chancery court probate, and the $75,000 small estate path.
Mississippi Will Requirements
Mississippi will requirements: the 18-and-sound-mind rule, two-credible-witness signing, holographic wills, self-proving affidavits, and chancery court probate.
Mississippi Power of Attorney
Mississippi power of attorney basics: not durable by default, the exact durability language, springing POAs, signing rules, and how it ends at death.
Mississippi Advance Health Care Directive
How a Mississippi advance health care directive works: one combined form names an agent, writes living-will wishes, and sets the surrogate priority list.
Mississippi Guardianship Planning
Avoid a Mississippi guardianship by planning ahead with a durable POA and health-care directive, plus how chancery court guardianship and conservatorship work.
Mississippi Revocable Living Trust
A Mississippi revocable living trust under the Uniform Trust Code (Miss. Code Title 91, Ch. 8): roles, funding, the pour-over will, and avoiding chancery court.
Mississippi Trust Administration
Successor trustee duties after a settlor dies under the Mississippi Uniform Trust Code (Title 91, Chapter 8): accept, notify beneficiaries, account, distribute.
Mississippi Transfer on Death Deed
Mississippi transfer on death deed under the Real Property Transfer-on-Death Act (Miss. Code 91-27-1): recording before death, revocation, and what passes.
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Information current as of 2026-06-18
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