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Cut-Throat
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My wife and I have started to put together a will (Yes, I know we're late). We finished the health care directive and gave copies to our doctor.
What we plan to do on the wills is have all of the discussions between ourselves first, get everything down on paper and then file with a lawyer or something?
That is my question to any of you that has been through this process. There seems to me to be a 'missing link' in this process. That is: After you have a will created, signed, notorized, is this recorded any way with the state? - It seems like if you died suddenly with your spouse, how would anyone know that you even have a will? I keep asking this question to people that I know that are 70,75 years old and I get blank stares. Maybe someone will say something like 'Your lawyer should have a copy' - Say what! - I don't want a lawyer to decide to tell anyone if I have a will or not!
It seems like after you create a will there should be a document that gets recorded with the State that gets 'triggered with your death certificate' - No wonder folks drag their heels in this matter. No one seems to know.
What we plan to do on the wills is have all of the discussions between ourselves first, get everything down on paper and then file with a lawyer or something?
That is my question to any of you that has been through this process. There seems to me to be a 'missing link' in this process. That is: After you have a will created, signed, notorized, is this recorded any way with the state? - It seems like if you died suddenly with your spouse, how would anyone know that you even have a will? I keep asking this question to people that I know that are 70,75 years old and I get blank stares. Maybe someone will say something like 'Your lawyer should have a copy' - Say what! - I don't want a lawyer to decide to tell anyone if I have a will or not!
It seems like after you create a will there should be a document that gets recorded with the State that gets 'triggered with your death certificate' - No wonder folks drag their heels in this matter. No one seems to know.