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Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by TheGrassyKnoll »

Red_Tarsius wrote: post #52
pzxc wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a few grammatical errors in these documents as well that do not inspire confidence. Also, you better be damn sure that you can trust the person you give power of attorney to -- the document provided here assigns power of attorney immediately, not on incapacitation/death, and allows the person you designate to gift themselves up to $13,000 a year of your own property without your consent. Considering the law…

> Frankly I don't see why the HN crowd would upvote a site like this -- I'd bet it was ring votes that got it to the front page. Or maybe it was just the snarky domain, who knows. Or maybe it's because the site is a useful checklist of what we should do to prevent death from completely destroying our family. I'm the original poster and I'm not affiliated with the author in any way. The core message is not " we offer…

I just coughed up my email to get the reminders, because, (employers don't read this:) I'm a lazy procrastinating POS. I'll probably use LegalZoom to get the forms if I ever do get off my ass and get it done.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by dissentertainer »

pzxc wrote: post #21
courtewing wrote: post #13

This is great advice all around, but get a local lawyer involved to prepare your will. Even in US, there is not a single set of laws that apply to wills and power of attorney. It varies state by state. With a generic template pulled from the internet, you could just be doing a whole lot of work and ultimately be ending up with a document that has little legal basis. Do your loved ones a favor - hire a lawyer to do it…

There are a few grammatical errors in these documents as well that do not inspire confidence. Also, you better be damn sure that you can trust the person you give power of attorney to -- the document provided here assigns power of attorney immediately, not on incapacitation/death, and allows the person you designate to gift themselves up to $13,000 a year of your own property without your consent. Considering the law…

> Frankly I don't see why the HN crowd would upvote a site like this.

If you view this as an MVP of an open source repository for EOL information then it makes total sense that it got upvoted here. If we can keep our code dry, why can't we keep our lives dry?

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by TheGrassyKnoll »

rmxt wrote: post #60
briandear wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You trust the government to do that? You're braver than I am. I would expect the government would have a great time knowing about everyone's end of life plans. The IRS would certainly love it. I don't trust the government to wash my car let alone ensure my family is protected if I were to die.

You, presumably as an American citizen, already trust the government to do a whole lot more than "wash your car," so the fear seems a bit unfounded. You implicitly trust them to fund/manage/develop/build: the entire infrastructure your car rides on (and which your safety depends on), the educational system that will likely educate/indoctrinate your children for 12+ years, and the legal system (and all of it's record…

The legal system was/is constructed by lawyers, for lawyers.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by ersii »

iamthepieman wrote: post #10

I didn't see this covered under the will section but do talk to important people in your life while you are making your will. Nothing in your will should be a surprise to those that are involved in your estate after you die. If you are leaving a large asset (money, house, investments, a 500 foot yacht in the Bahamas you never told anyone about) then the person getting it should know before hand. If you have kids you…

  If you are leaving a large asset (money, house, investments, a 500 foot yacht in the Bahamas you never told anyone about) then the person getting it should know before hand.
Could you elaborate on why you should tell someone before hand that you're going to leave assets in their name? Is it just common courtesy/manners in your opinion? Or something else? I'm genuinely courageous.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by hind3nburg »

If this sort of thing is interesting to you and you are a Christian and and a fan of Dave Ramsey like myself then you should check out his Legacy Journey class: https://www.daveramsey.com/legacy

We had already gotten our will done before we took it but I still found it to be packed with good information and it motivated us to get more organized.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by yellowapple »

PirateDave wrote: post #63
Red_Tarsius wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Frankly I don't see why the HN crowd would upvote a site like this -- I'd bet it was ring votes that got it to the front page. Or maybe it was just the snarky domain, who knows. Or maybe it's because the site is a useful checklist of what we should do to prevent death from completely destroying our family. I'm the original poster and I'm not affiliated with the author in any way. The core message is not " we offer…

I thought this is a great starting point. Also, after looking through the actual wills, they are already filled out with George Washington's information so the legal documents are used as an example, not for actual legal use. Plus, I'm not sure my family would enjoy looking through my will upon my death with: Get Your Shit Together! printed at the bottom of each page :) This site is helpful to let me know which parts…

> Plus, I'm not sure my family would enjoy looking through my will upon my death with: Get Your Shit Together! printed at the bottom of each page :)

Who cares? I'd make "get your shit together" a condition of inheriting anything from me if it had any legal standing.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by smileysteve »

ersii wrote: post #74
iamthepieman wrote: post #10

I didn't see this covered under the will section but do talk to important people in your life while you are making your will. Nothing in your will should be a surprise to those that are involved in your estate after you die. If you are leaving a large asset (money, house, investments, a 500 foot yacht in the Bahamas you never told anyone about) then the person getting it should know before hand. If you have kids you…

If you are leaving a large asset (money, house, investments, a 500 foot yacht in the Bahamas you never told anyone about) then the person getting it should know before hand. Could you elaborate on why you should tell someone before hand that you're going to leave assets in their name? Is it just common courtesy/manners in your opinion? Or something else? I'm genuinely courageous.

Some things create hassles, especially illiquid assets like a house or yacht if that person has no desire for them and no knowledge about selling them.

Also, family conflicts. If your brother's uncle's nephew gets the house instead of the son who expects it, but there's good reason (he was renting it already), family conflicts arise for not great reasons.

Re: Get Your Shit Together

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Post by tptacek »

__z wrote: post #31

I doubt these documents would be worth anything without getting notarized. Among other problems. Getting something notarized runs from free-around $2 so it's hilarious they expect you to track down two impartial witnesses but don't even mention a notary public. If you are familiar with the current pending Supreme Court case DeBoer v. Snyder (which for the Supreme Court was combined with 3 other cases) you'd know in m…

The authors doubt that too, which is why "getting documents notarized" is in the checklist.
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