Right, but if your estate has no money left? Do your kids/parents/siblings owe it??
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Jun 26, 2007 7:05:28 pm PDT #4932 of 10001
amych - Jun 26, 2007 7:07:47 pm PDT #4933 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
IANAL, but I think at that point it becomes a bad debt, rather than debtors trying to collect from the heirs.
I hope.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2007 7:11:35 pm PDT #4934 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think amych is right, but I don't have particular reason to think that, it just makes sense.
meara - Jun 26, 2007 7:14:31 pm PDT #4935 of 10001
So if someone without a ton of money knows they're dying, is there really any incentive NOT to run up a ton of fun debt?
Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2007 7:15:04 pm PDT #4936 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Only the estate is liable. Heirs normally are not liable for anything beyond the what the estate can pay; there are rare cases where accepting a legacy may involve accepting more liabilities than assets, but (as in with any legacy) you always have the option of the not accepting the inheritance.
dcp - Jun 26, 2007 7:16:08 pm PDT #4937 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I knew about theremins. I did not know about singing Tesla coils: [link]
amych - Jun 26, 2007 7:16:42 pm PDT #4938 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So if someone without a ton of money knows they're dying, is there really any incentive NOT to run up a ton of fun debt?
Is this for some sort of ficcy purposes? Because if not, and you're dying, you have to take us all out for drinkies first.
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2007 7:18:12 pm PDT #4939 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LOTS of drinkies.
Vortex - Jun 26, 2007 7:34:35 pm PDT #4940 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wasn't there a case in England where a guy was told he had three months to live, so he quit his job and ran up his credit cards, and then the doctor said "oops, got that a bit wrong, you'll be fine" and now he's suing?
meara - Jun 26, 2007 7:36:18 pm PDT #4941 of 10001
Because if not, and you're dying, you have to take us all out for drinkies first.
As far as I know, I am not dying any more than anyone else. Which is to say, I do not believe myself to be immortal.
But I"ll totally take you for drinkies if I am dying faster.