Janet Wilder wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> I own will go to strangers. I don't have any family younger than me.
>> (At least, none that I have any contact with.) I won't need a will
>> until my
>> husband is dead, although I probably should have one anyway, in case
>> we get in a car accident and die simultaneously.
>
> Both of you should have a will. What happens if heaven forbid, you go
> first?


I need to re-write mine. I did it years ago and made my lawyer the
executor. I should make my wife or son executor and leave it to them to
hand the work over to a lawyer if they need help with probate.

Apparently executing wills is a really money maker for lawyers. Mr
brother had (no longer has) a friend who is a lawyer and has managed to
write himself in as executor of wills all over town. He checks out the
obituaries every day and when he sees that one of his clients has died
he scoots over to lock up the house, calls in an appraiser and figures
out how much everything is worth so that he can get his percentage out
of the estate.

My brother was co-executor of my aunt's will along with her old lawyer.
He tried to get the lawyer to excuse himself from the position. No way.
He wanted his share of the executor's fee.