I have an inking and I am pretty sure you are right but I can't explain it any better. Best google search term I can think of is "living trust."
On Nov 6, 2007 7:59 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just an aside - and of course im not a lawyer - but is she really wants to > leave "everything" to your family ... she can do so in "life". I think she > can give everything to a "trust" right now and make you the executor, > pre-death. This rules out any chance of the "family" fighting it. My > terminology is a bit off and without spending too much time I really do not > have right now (I shouldnt be checking community emails anyway) this is what > I remember from looking it up a while ago when I was researching living > trusts, etc. > > In fact they are tax shelters and your kids may save a lot of estate taxes > if she thinks about doing things that way instead. > > YMMV and just FYI, but maybe something to look into. > > Someone else here might have an inkling of what I am talking about ... > > On 11/5/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Her wife (my other mother-in-law?) is leaving everything to my kids and > > there's already some talk that her family (who disowned her long ago) > > might > > fight it (she has several dozen acres of land in a prime area a bit to the > > north of NYC). > > > > I think we'll be having lots of legal fun in a few years (hopefully > > longer). > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
