mutterc comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

126 Post author: Alicorn 08 February 2011 03:17AM

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Comment author: mutterc 08 February 2011 05:05:04PM *  3 points [-]

Well worth asking a lawyer, because they know some ins and outs. My wife and I did this after our first child was born. It was a few hundred bucks to get wills, general powers of attorney, and healthcare powers of attorney for both of us. (Our situation was simple: leave everything to each other or the kids if we both kick it, and designate a guardian for the kids). We'd have gotten living wills but haven't decided what we want them to say.

The lawyer put in a bunch of things we would never have thought of, e.g.:

Making the will sibling-proof (it divides everything equally amongst all children we might end up having, which turned out to be 2)

Waiving the requirement that our out-of-State executor post a bond

Authorizing the executor to open safe deposit boxes and the like

Comment author: Sniffnoy 09 February 2011 11:39:28PM 0 points [-]

Authorizing the executor to open safe deposit boxes and the like

Thinking about this instruction: Should I conclude that you should write down all your passwords and put them in a safe deposit box so your data will be recoverable by other people? (This is assuming you don't care about privacy after death.)