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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.
When my sibs and I were of an age where it was relevant, I saw in my parents' will that in the event our custody was directed to my "uncles" Roy and Lawrence. I've wondered a bit at how that would have gone over in a late 70s/early 80s context.
OTOH, there wasn't much if any blood family left by that point - my bad grandma, and my uncle Jimmy, who now is fine but at the time was kind of a screw-up and unlikely to make waves.
Getting my husband to make a will and a guardianship plan was not fun. He hates thinking about end of life stuff, whereas I remind him every 6 months (whenever I see the dentist) to make sure he asks the undertaker for the gold out of my mouth.
See also life insurance discussions.
And I just now realized that I put my post in the wrong thread. Oops.
I really really need to get a will done.
The Knight costume is for me, not mac, just in case anyone does have one, or even a helmet.
For folks living in Virginia, my sister says that Virginia courts accept handwritten wills as binding.
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Why would handwriting make a document unbinding?
It's not that handwriting makes it unbinding, it's -- eh. As I understand it (not a lawyer), some states require wills to be done formally, with a lawyer, or a notary, or a legal form. In Virginia, a handwritten will is good enough. Whether this is true in other states, I don't know; it may be. My sister told me this when she was encouraging me to write a will, which I still haven't done.
So, I don't get it. If I handwrite a will with a lawyer and a notary, shouldn't it be just fine? What's the difference with Virginia? Are you saying they don't need a lawyer and a notary?