Legal Stuff.....

[Janet]

We haven't done anything yet either and really need to. I want to make sure Ricky gets everything and doesn't have to pay a lot in taxes because of it. Not sure if that is a trust or not, but we need to be checking it out.

[Blueyes]

We have been talking about doing those exact things. Our lawyer died a couple of months ago, so we have to decide on someone else. It's so important that people do all of the medical POA's, along with a will. I'm glad you got yours done, but it IS enough to give you a headache

[gja1000]

Betsi,
We've been putting it off for five years!!! With our husband's health, you and I really need to make this happen. People encouraged me for years to do it, but it took this long!!! So I know how hard it is to take that step! Anyway, I hope you choose another attorney and get it done soon.

[DianaB]

We haven't done anything yet either. We really need to and we've talked about it for years! I think that I'll bring it up again.

[judy]

I did a will years ago so that Jessie wouldn't have to pay taxes, etc. like you said, Janet.

I don't even know where that will is, and things have just become more complicated these days. I have begun to gather some papers and I'm planning to sit down with Jessie and Steve to work out the details. Of course, she gets everything. As much as I don't like to say it, however, she does have MS, and I do have to work out the order of beneficiaries between Steve and the three children. There's also a living will that needs to be done, funeral stuff, who will have control should I not be able to make decisions, and so on.

I don't want a funeral, and I don't want to be buried. I also don't want to be cremated. I want to donate my organs. Jessie does not like any of this. She wants to have a place to go to visit me. I told her to frame one of my tattoos and hang it on the wall so she could visit it. Or...to pick a body part and put it in a container on her mantle. She does not have my sense of humor!

The truth is, I will be dead and she will be left to grieve, so she probably will get what she wants. I will then have to prepay my funeral, and won't be able to make it fun because she's just not like me in that sense.

There are people who choose to be buried in the ground without a casket. I think it's illegal, but it is still done. I don't really want that, but it is interesting that there are so many choices.

[gja1000]

I would like to donate my body to a medical school - my daughter freaks when I say that. The family is still responsible for the remains when the school is finished with them...

My cousin, who wants to be cremated, and I have talked about getting a bench with our names on it to put in the cemetary where the rest of our family is buried - so that loved ones can "go there" to visit us, but we won't actually "be there". LOL!

[judy]

Originally Posted by gja1000

I would like to donate my body to a medical school - my daughter freaks when I say that. The family is still responsible for the remains when the school is finished with them...

My cousin, who wants to be cremated, and I have talked about getting a bench with our names on it to put in the cemetary where the rest of our family is buried - so that loved ones can "go there" to visit us, but we won't actually "be there". LOL!

There you go!