All you have to do is have a will. No need to distribute before you die, unless you want to. The recipients will put the photos in a drawer until after you die, then they'll put them in the trash.
Yeah, if there's no inventory beforehand, who's to say what was in the estate?
That is, of course, theft.Forty years ago when my grandmother died, my aunt cleared out all her jewelry the next day. I didn't think that was fair. So I called my attorney and asked what happens in the situation where there is no will yet there's jewelry in the deceased house. He said whoever gets there first, gets the jewelry.
That's my plan.
How will you know when the time is right?
Forty years ago when my grandmother died, my aunt cleared out all her jewelry the next day. I didn't think that was fair. So I called my attorney and asked what happens in the situation where there is no will yet there's jewelry in the deceased house. He said whoever gets there first, gets the jewelry.
If you are lucid and know you have a fatal condition, like Bret Weston did, it is not that difficult. And then there's assisted dying. But most are not either lucid enough or physically capable of the act of destroying their property before they die. But once you dead, it's all moot.
A cleanly written trust and will can also make things easier for those you leave behind. But don’t kid yourself… even with planning to the extreme, there are always residual issues to deal with. I’m sure that you know that.
Once I am no longer interested in my images they get burned. All my equipment will be given away long before then.
I think it's the other way around. Society and religion have certain expectations and rituals the living have to perform for the dead. When I die I won't care a whit who shows up, if anyone. Of course, there was just an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" where Albert Brooks has a "Live Funeral" while he is still alive so he can enjoy the attention.
What if family or friends are still interested in your images? Will you deny them?
Well, he was representing it to me as a practical reality. After all, how is anyone going to prove what jewelry was in the house or not at the time fo death? The "recipient" would just claim their mom gave them the jewelry before she died. Plus it would have meant big family argument. Who needs that for some baubles someone felt they were owed and deserved? So I laugh at it.
Good point.
Never give family heirlooms to sons. When they get married and then divorced, their unrelated ex-wives get it all, not the grandchildren. Only give these things to daughters to assure grandchildren get them.
I have sons but unfortunately forgot to make daughters.Never give family heirlooms to sons. When they get married and then divorced, their unrelated ex-wives get it all, not the grandchildren. Only give these things to daughters to assure grandchildren get them.
Leave your stuff to your grandkids.I have sons but unfortunately forgot to make daughters.
If they haven't reached adulthood, that requires setting up and administering a trust, which on our side of the border adds a significant level of expense and administrative headaches.
Follow Alan's lawyer's advice - just steal some from a recently deceased personI have sons but unfortunately forgot to make daughters.
.Actually, the most reliable plan might be to simply not let life bother you after you die.
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