Friday, March 20, 2009

Wills and Inheritances

Never have I been so happy for a week to come to its conclusion. We spent three out of five days at the courthouse doing research. Abstracts and surveys do not excite me which isn't a good thing in my line of work. But it is a paycheck and for that I am grateful.

I have come across Wills that have made me crack up. For example: "To my son, Bubba, I leave my tractor, the old green jeep, 20 sacks of cake, 8 bales of hay....and all of my tools if he can locate them."

Another good one: "To my daughter, Jill, I leave $1.00. To my daughter, Jodie, I leave $1.00. To each of my grandchildren, I leave $50.00. To my girlfriend, I leave all of my personal belongings including all of the antique furniture, the balance of $123,846.91 in my personal checking acount and all of my stocks and bonds." Don't you know his blood relatives were PISSED OFF?!

How about this one: "To each of my three children, I leave everything. They can fight over it and figure it out for themselves."

My daughter will inherit my debts. And all of my crap. I told her she can have one helluva garage sale when I'm gone. She cringes every time I send her into the utility/storage room to find something. There are two places in my house that scare me: my sock drawer and the utility/storage room. Maybe I should do some Spring cleaning.....

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