Quiz: How Well Do You know Our Solar System?
I got 10 for 10!
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2011 8:11:51 am PDT #18976 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2011 8:23:07 am PDT #18977 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Are you saying they don't need a lawyer and a notary?
Yes, that is what I'm trying to say.
I have looked it up and found this helpful information. It seems many states accept them, but the exact requirements differ. If I decided to handwrite a will, I would make sure I'd met all the requirements in my state. It might actually be less stressful to just go to LegalZoom and download a form.
Kathy A - Aug 02, 2011 8:26:22 am PDT #18978 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That solar system quiz is wonky--I got 9 out of 10 right (one off on the last question, darnit!), but it kept on telling me I was wrong on all of them.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 8:32:37 am PDT #18979 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Interesting that that law says they must be handwritten. I have no idea why that has anything to do with anything. Less chance of forgery? My hand aches thinking of it.
Consuela - Aug 02, 2011 8:34:43 am PDT #18980 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
"How much should we ask for?" "How much can we get?" "How much do you need?" "What's the total budget?" "The budget depends on what we can get." "How much should we ask for?"
Yup.
I just got off the phone with one of the construction contractors who wants to bid on the project--god knows how he got my name--and if I were him, I wouldn't be bidding. Too many imponderables at the moment.
Toddson - Aug 02, 2011 8:37:01 am PDT #18981 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
It could be that the handwritten will would reduce the chances of forgery, but also indicate that the person writing it was alert enough to write it out.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2011 8:45:56 am PDT #18982 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't have a will, but I also don't have any dependents or pets. My parents are already named as beneficiaries of my retirement plan and Mom's name is on my savings account, so about 95% of my net worth would default to them without need for a will. I suppose if I outlive both of them (not a sure thing, given the longevity of women on Mom's side of the family) I'll have to make arrangements for funeral costs and division of assets among my closest cousins.
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2011 8:53:09 am PDT #18983 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
They don't HAVE to be handwritten, it's just allowed. I think it's so Old Man McDonald, who would never go to no dang lawyer, can write his Last Will and Testament in his own shaky hand on the back of a dirty napkin two days before he keels over in the back 40, and the courts can accept it.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 8:55:46 am PDT #18984 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They don't HAVE to be handwritten, it's just allowed
The article you linked to says:
This type of Will must be prepared in your own handwriting.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2011 8:58:26 am PDT #18985 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, Old Man McDonald can't type it out and email it to someone and have it be valid, nor can Junior McDonald claim that his Old Man dictated it.