Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-05 Thread David Brodbeck
=Or=, anything handwritten is likely to stand up in court. Careful. That's not true in every state. The technical term for this is a holographic will, which may make it easier to look up. Where I live, in Washington, such wills are not legally valid.

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-05 Thread Frank Shute
Sorry to stray off-topic so much but I want to give a warning to all those thinking about making a will. What happens if you lose your marbles? My uncle had vascular dementia yet he managed to persuade his solicitor (lawyer) that there was nothing wrong with him despite his doctor and

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-05 Thread Robert
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:48:47 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: =Or=, anything handwritten is likely to stand up in court. Careful. That's not true in every state. The technical term for this is a holographic will, which may make it easier to look up. Where I live, in

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 08:33:58PM -0700, Robert wrote: I have been searching everywhere but am unable to find any open source software for creating a last will and testament. Does anyone know of any? Robert There actually are a some boiler-plate files of [[CANNED]] wills

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-04 Thread Charlie Kester
On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 11:51:17 PDT Gary Kline wrote: There actually are a some boiler-plate files of [[CANNED]] wills out there. ---i found and filled one such out several years ago, but eventually deleted the file. i figure that it really =is= worth paying $75

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 02:01:10PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: On Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 11:51:17 PDT Gary Kline wrote: There actually are a some boiler-plate files of [[CANNED]] wills out there. ---i found and filled one such out several years ago, but eventually deleted the

OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-03 Thread Robert
I have been searching everywhere but am unable to find any open source software for creating a last will and testament. Does anyone know of any? Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
I have been searching everywhere but am unable to find any open source software for creating a last will and testament. Open Office? vi? ed? emacs? I used the latest and signed with PGP. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-03 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:33:58 -0700, Robert travelin...@cox.net wrote: I have been searching everywhere but am unable to find any open source software for creating a last will and testament. LaTeX in combination with your favourite text editor. Make sure to obtain a usable example (maybe from a

Re: OT: Open source will testament software

2010-08-03 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 06:04:33AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:33:58 -0700, Robert travelin...@cox.net wrote: I have been searching everywhere but am unable to find any open source software for creating a last will and testament. LaTeX in combination with your