Last Will And Testament-Will And Testament

Cap’n Starbuck asked:


I’m divorced. My son will turn 21 this month, my parents are in their late 70s, and my brother and sisters live out of state. If something tragic should happen to me now; whose responsibility will it be to settle my affairs, if I do not have a will or any written testament? Or can this question only be answered by a judge?

Marc

Miranda asked:


I’m doing homework on Wills (last will and testaments), but i’m having a hard time finding an informative website. I’ve tried Wikipedia, but i still got two questions left that i couldn’t find the answers. If anyone can give me a link to a website that can help me i would be greatful.

Ralph Bloomsburg

call me Al asked:


My wife and I are trying to convince my father-in-law to get his estate documents done. By estate documents I mean a will (last will and testament), durable power of attorney, and advance medical directive. He agrees they need to be done eventually but the right time is never now. This has gone on with me for five years and with my wife, decades. His wife has spent 2 months in ICU since March, and even that has no effect. He sees no need to do them now because he’s not planning on anything happening to him. He’s only 86 and lives in lower Manhattan, the land of lawyers.

So to counter is excuses, I need to scare the _____ out of him. I need stories of how not having estate documents really screwed things up. Tell me how all the wrangling among family members caused deep scars. Tell me horror stories about probate court. Tell me now all this stuff compounded the grief of losing a cherished family member. I don’t care if they happened to you, you heard about them, or you think they’re apocryphal: If it’s a scary story, please tell me!

Very briefly, he’s a lifelong NYC resident, rents an apartment, has a son and daughter (my wife.) The son is married and has two kids; my wife and I have none. (Without getting into gory detail, recently I have reason to question my brother-in-law’s faithfulness to his mother’s wishes and fairness to other family members, and instead inserting his own religiosity, self-appointed authority, and possibly self-interest.) I believe he receives a pretty generous pension and has considerable savings squirreled away, much of it in cash. (That’s typical of people who grew up in the depression.)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Charley Smaldone

Shinobi asked:


Hi. My mother wants me, her oldest daughter of 24 years, to take custody of her minor children, if anything were to happen to her, instead of their biological father. Their biological father my mom feels is unfit to take care of them, cause of his history of being in jail several times, very bad temper, and the fact that he currently neither has a job or his own home. I agree with her, but I told her I’m not sure if custody would be guaranteed to me, since a biological parent would still be alive possibly upon her death. Would her last Will and Testament help to guarantee me custody? Or would he still have priority? Legal advice would be greatly appreciated. I wanna know if I’d have to maybe fight him for custody, which I don’t necessarily want to do, but I want to uphold my mother’s final wishes.

Extra Info: *We live in California, so I’m aware we have to go by this state’s laws.
*Even though we all know hes the biological father of the children, I don’t think his name is on their birth certificates.
*Hes currently unemployed, but has been trying to get disability.

Demetrice Bergholz

Pao…(+,+) asked:


She has left no will and so I assume my mom and her siblings will be the rightful heirs. However, two of her brothers (my uncles) have, sadly, passed away… I was wondering, because we’re having a dilemma about who shall be the next heirs for their share. Is it gonna be the wife or the children of my uncles? Both of them were married and had children, and left no wills or testaments.

Yon Rahaman

The Lady Amalthea asked:


am in Louisiana and am looking for forms commonly used by a civil law notary ( and yes notaries in Louisiana can draft some civil law legal forms, not just witness). I am looking more for like a template or something showing what kind of wording should be included in the legal form. I’d appreciate any help. I have found no free templates on the internet unless I am just looking in the wrong place. I am looking for mortgages, promissory notes, act of sale, vehicle title transfer, wills and testaments, trusts, etc

Ivory Flaming

Myperspective Isabsurd asked:


so having nothing to do today i decided to write something in case of my death 8 hours 10 pages and 5000 words later it turned into my official last will and testament a history of my past drug use and i wrote something to everyone who mattered in my life.
if i died today would the requests about my body and my possessions be honored?
im 16 and although i tried hard to get rid of loopholes and make it sound official its probably a ridiculously informal document.

Eleanor Stsauveur

crazy asked:


Under the laws of the old testament in the bible it states “a life for a life.” I feel it should be that way regardless of age or mental capacity.

Travis Macewen

spence g asked:


At my school, in Texas, we are planning on reading the Old Testament for “literary purposes.” I am wondering if it violates the Establishment Clause. I have thought about telling my teacher that I refuse to read it and will instead read “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins.

Jane

AdvisenEthics asked:


If a father of your child refuses to give up their parental rights but has decided not to partake in their child’s life, is he automatically granted sole custody if something were to happen to you?

If the mother’s will and testament grants custody to the grandmother but the father says he wants the child, will the courts take into account the absence of the father before the mother passed?

How do these things work?

Madeleine Letendre