My two sisters and I jokingly divided up my parent's assets this way: K got the house, I got everything in the house, and G got the garden shed and everything in the shed (G was not there when K and I decided this -- majority rules). I've now pointed out to them that my parents have sold the house (and the shed), so now I'm the only one who is going to inherit anything (and that's everything).
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - May 16, 2007 9:24:45 am PDT #7649 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
§ ita § - May 16, 2007 9:25:24 am PDT #7650 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I mean, hypothetically, if one had such things....
Digital porn? I wouldn't even know where to find any.
tommyrot - May 16, 2007 9:26:09 am PDT #7651 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
you gotta have a "porn friend", that person that, in the event of your death, hustles over to your house and cleans out all of your porn/toys/naughty stuff before your relatives come to clean out your place.
Or if one should happen to die of autoerotic asphyxiation, someone to... re-arrange stuff. (Was that in The World According to Garp ?) Or if the deceased is gay and closeted, someone to "straighten up." Or perhaps not.
Sue - May 16, 2007 9:27:20 am PDT #7652 of 10001
hip deep in pie
It's widely agreed in my family that once my parents go, the most argued-over possession will be Maurice, their cat.
lisah - May 16, 2007 9:30:23 am PDT #7653 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I remember my parents showing us their will when they wrote it up. The main thing of impact to us was that they'd named our decidedly bachelorette aunt guardian. We still joke with her about moving in when our parents die.
msbelle - May 16, 2007 9:30:35 am PDT #7654 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse, crossword puzzles, mysteries, trivia buff, exploring New York City, cooking
Connie Neil - May 16, 2007 9:31:46 am PDT #7655 of 10001
brillig
Encryption, yeah . . . and some instructions on where to post the unfinished fics.
Jesse - May 16, 2007 9:37:31 am PDT #7656 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, crossword puzzles, mysteries, trivia buff, exploring New York City, cooking
Aw, those were good! Too bad I already sent that bad boy off with something like "pop culture, food and wine."
beekaytee - May 16, 2007 9:41:28 am PDT #7657 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
A belated, additional recommendation for Legalzoom. Their system was simple, informative and seemingly thorough and the customer service is good too. I did both a will and medical poa with them.
flea - May 16, 2007 9:42:39 am PDT #7658 of 10001
information libertarian
My mother had a will awarding custody of us to her BFF from high school. (My parents were divorced by that time, natch.)
We have a real grown-up lawyered will; if we both die my SIL gets the kids but she and Nutty split control of the cash in trust for them (if any). I think we remembered to tell them both about this... Except the baby isn't in the will. Should fix that.