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KayTheCurler

KayTheCurler

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Today we finally got wills written and signed for both of us. My guy has been dragging his feet for ages.
I have done a fair bit of clearing out of no longer needed items and have been trying to get him to deal with some of his 'stuff'. All the hard to reach places are full of it, some going back to the day we moved to town and he just moved the stuff without sorting it first.
 
Shucks, always more to do.

Financials for year end close are top of my list
Plus fall dishcloths for gifts
 
I'm washing curtains and blankets to hang them on the clothesline. And I'm still picking things from the garden. Not preserving, like Jayne....just eating! We went to the lawyer to re-do our wills, and are waiting for him to tell us to come in and sign. Also, I called people to come and trim 4 maple trees in our front yard, and I'm still waiting for that. Those are the to-do's, the done's, and the almost done's.
 
KayTheCurler said:
Today we finally got wills written and signed for both of us.
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We just signed our new wills, too. Hadn't updated them to reflect the fact that our son is now an adult, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to neglect but finally got down to work this summer and reconnected with the lawyer who did the last ones.
 
I need to do a few things. One of which is to write down all my passwords for hubby. We have wills that need to be updated. I have a copy of my life insurance policy. We already downsized. Of course there's always room to purge some more. Having a friend die recently and one on the way out makes a person think about these things.
 
JayneWonders said:
Wills are not easy, especially when there is disparity amongst kids
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Yes, that's very true. My siblings and I have been going through some stuff for about three years now, since my mom passed. I'm sure she had prepared what she thought was a sound will, but there have been a lam ot of arguments.

I remain hopeful that God has a good plan for my family and that in time we will be back as close as we were before. That's my dream
 
Nancy said:
Our lawyer died do we wanted to connect with a new one. We chose someone we know.
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Our lawyer is getting up there. Given when he was called to the bar, likely in his seventies. So probably the last time we'll use him. Likely he will be retired or deceased by the time we need a lawyer again.
 
When we were settling our mother's estate, we were expected to have the lawyer who prepared the wills for our parents to verify her signature. Those wills had been prepared about twenty years earlier.

We had new wills prepared about six years sgo, before we had considered leaving Alberta. We are talking about updating our wills including changing trustee. Plan to do that soon.
 
jimkenney12 said:
When we were settling our mother's estate, we were expected to have the lawyer who prepared the wills for our parents to verify her signature.
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Isn't that the point of having witnesses at the signing (in our case, the lawyer and his office person)? A will is supposed to be valid if signed with two witnesses, at least in Ontario. Shouldn't matter whether the original lawyer is still around or not.
 
Mendalla said:
Isn't that the point of having witnesses at the signing (in our case, the lawyer and his office person)? A will is supposed to be valid if signed with two witnesses, at least in Ontario. Shouldn't matter whether the original lawyer is still around or not.
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Why Office Staff als have special designations for observing who signed what. etc. Notary's? Tis very designation has caused a lot of conflict and chaos ... especially in area's of gross suspect corruption! Experience in this is very distasteful ...
 
My Mum was being a little glib when she said, " I don't care. I'll be dead." She had virtually nothing, but it still caused no end of strife when she passed away.
 
ninj said:
My Mum was being a little glib when she said, " I don't care. I'll be dead." She had virtually nothing, but it still caused no end of strife when she passed away.
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And therein the appearance 'f empathy ... there are those that deny and eliminate the stuff! They can't even stand it being spoken of ... causes reactions ...
 
To be honest, we didn't bother from when we got married until we were parents. Under Ontario law, if one of us died intestate, the estate would go to the other as spouse. Once a child gets involved, then you're into guardianship (though in Ontario, naming a guardian in your will is not a sure thing, the court could still overrule it), putting the money in trust, and so on. A will becomes pretty much mandatory. Also, we have a lot more assets to deal with now than we did in the nineties.
 
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