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Old Dec 30, 2010, 01:05 PM
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I commend you for drawing up a will. I'm a law librarian, and I've seen problems created by people who didn't. One woman came in to the library, because her young son (28 yo?) was killed in an auto accident - intestate, of course. In her grief, she hadn't thought to do anything about it immediately after he died, and it created a mess. Very, very sad.

I also had a woman come in because her husband was dragging his heels over making a will. Second marriage for both. Both brought significant assets to the marriage. Each wanted their own assets to go to their own grown children from the previous marriages. But hubby seemed to have some superstition that he'd keeled over dead right after making a will.

I told her she didn't need a lawyer; she needed a therapist!
Thanks for this!
lonegael