I've been pondering this one for a few weeks and realized this is a good place to get some other ideas.
I have all my documents in place for when I become incapacitated or die. I have a first POA/executor, a backup should the first be unable or unwilling to serve, and even a third. The challenge here is two-fold: (1) The first two designees are in their early to mid 60s. (2) The third designee is my nephew, (mid-thirties) who, although able to do the practical aspects, has had little contact with me until recently (another story altogether).
The more I interact with him, the more I find him to be an arrogant jerk. I believe he lacks respect for me (in fact, 99% of humanity). I lack the certainty that he would carry out his POA for health care duties with real care or concern for me. I have a good deal of creative work on my computer but I have seen little interest or respect for him on that. And he has that general disdain for family heirlooms; it's dust-catching junk to him.
After my death, I think my personal works would just be wiped clean. There would be a big estate sale and off he would go, like Scrooge in a Christmas Carol. And yet, I have no one else in a younger age bracket to turn to with confidence.
Any ideas? Allowing the court to do this doesn't seem like a good idea. Can one hire a firm? Is there a non profit of some sort I am unaware of?
I have all my documents in place for when I become incapacitated or die. I have a first POA/executor, a backup should the first be unable or unwilling to serve, and even a third. The challenge here is two-fold: (1) The first two designees are in their early to mid 60s. (2) The third designee is my nephew, (mid-thirties) who, although able to do the practical aspects, has had little contact with me until recently (another story altogether).
The more I interact with him, the more I find him to be an arrogant jerk. I believe he lacks respect for me (in fact, 99% of humanity). I lack the certainty that he would carry out his POA for health care duties with real care or concern for me. I have a good deal of creative work on my computer but I have seen little interest or respect for him on that. And he has that general disdain for family heirlooms; it's dust-catching junk to him.
After my death, I think my personal works would just be wiped clean. There would be a big estate sale and off he would go, like Scrooge in a Christmas Carol. And yet, I have no one else in a younger age bracket to turn to with confidence.
Any ideas? Allowing the court to do this doesn't seem like a good idea. Can one hire a firm? Is there a non profit of some sort I am unaware of?