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?

It sounds like it means I could write my will, sign it and date it, and put it in a drawer until I die, and it would hold up. Which is good to know, if you live in VA, and probably not true anymore in many other places.

Holographic wills are often not accepted because those documents don't follow any standards, like having witnesses.

msbelle, we have a Knight Costume--but it is Owen-sized.

We probably need to update our wills but my twin sister and her husband are the only ones that could possibly keep our kids without making them crazy. Then all the assets go into a trust. I'm glad my sister is a lawyer because she basically told us what we need to do.

Much kitty~ma, Plei.

Please, people with kids, make sure you have made arrangements for them (that do not involve direct inheritance)! And don't be afraid to think outside the box beyond relatives. Sometimes the best options are not blood ties.

The SO's brother put us as guardians for their two kids, but as one just turned eighteen and the other is fourteen, we're almost off the hook. My sister didn't, on the basis that we didn't already have kids so her much younger kids would join the clan her sister-in-law is raising, which I'm good with.

(eta: I foresee a lot of semicolon abuse in my future as the semicolon om my new phone is in the alt key that the comma was on my old phone. The comma now does not require an extra keypress which will be great once I figure that out.)

My sister didn't, on the basis that we didn't already have kids so her much younger kids would join the clan her sister-in-law is raising; which I'm good with.

I think my parents' intent was the opposite, actually, that we wouldn't have to wedge into another family. Was never an issue, thankfully.

I was listed as the backup parent for my sister's girls, but they're both over 18 now, so the question is thankfully moot. I don't know who my brothers have chosen for their kids.

ION, I sent an agreement to the Big Boss to be signed on June 29th. Today? Still no signature. AMAZING.

Unrelated to anything preceding, I really get irritated with people who drive for a living who seem ignorant about how roads work. Taxi driver? If you stop at the lights in the middle of the crosswalk, the sensors don't know you're there, and they won't change the lights so you get the green. This is not rocket science.

However, maybe they read that "you are too gullible" article that said that pressing the "press to walk" button has no effect and actually fell for it. Not in LA, buddy. Not in LA.

Also, people, stop fucking with LJ. I want my shit.

And, if I told you something would be done today, 9am is a dumb time to ask for updates, especially if I'm not the one doing it.

I think that covers it. For right now.

I would have taken on the guardianship of my sister's kids, if it had become an issue, as my BiL was the much younger sibling in his family. They didn't want the kids to go to someone who would have been in their late 70s before the kids went to college. Luckily, both kids are well over 18 now. Their parents would have left them well provided for, money-wise, but I'd have been a crappy parent.

I don't have kids or any other kind of dependents, to I put my sister's name on my life insurance and called it a day. I probably should draw up a will at some point, just so she can take my car without hassle, and knows to cremate my corpse.