[BeachheadMatt]

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Originally Posted by Xerofall

Yep, when my wife died she didn't have a will. I deceided to let her family take everything becasue I didn't want to fight.

They literally took the blanket from under my dog because it was my wife's old blanket.

Funny thing, they didn't want anything dealing with me and her... only her.

It sounds like her family got lucky having a nice guy like you to deal with. You could have very easily told them all to piss off and gave them nothing.

[hushed]

When deaths happen, things can get nasty, even opting out of taking anything from an estate can make family members get angry, because you didn't take one side or another.



So if we can get rid of everything up front, I think we relieve a great burden from our family.

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by hushed

When deaths happen, things can get nasty, even opting out of taking anything from an estate can make family members get angry, because you didn't take one side or another.



So if we can get rid of everything up front, I think we relieve a great burden from our family.

Yeah, man, we got lucky when my dad died and everyone stayed pretty cool, but he also went out of his way to try and keep it fair. Each kid got a car (his deceased wife's 2 kids got nice ones in good working order, while his 3 boys got "projects"...lol). We (his boys) got everything in his shop, his wife's kids got everything in the house and all the yard equipment. Finally, he specifically stated the house was to be sold and the proceeds (after debt settlement) was to be divided equally between the 5 of us. No muss, no fuss, no fuckin' about. It was still a mighty headache and a deeply emotional task sorting through and packing up his shit though.

My Pop's death and this recent event with my friend's crap have been eye-openers for me. I now plan on not leaving a ton of little things for someone to deal with when I die. I seriously can't imagine myself as a 70-something year old toy nerd anyway. God (or whomever willing), I'll leave nothing but cash, property, a car and bike or two, tools and some worn out skivvies.