I have spent a little time this week trying to get all of the stuff for my retirement correct. What a pain that has been---not only did I need to straighten out a few things---there were other things I had to do before I could fix the ones I was aware of needing fixing. So by the end of today I will have proof positive that I have paid back everything that I have ever owed the government---and I have bought back my seasonal time which gives me three years more service---and I can prove that with receipts from the Office of Personnel Management.
I will also be in posession of all of the papers I need to file for designating my beneficiary which everyone knows is Inklings---right---well that is correct, however, if I don't designate her, with all of the proper forms, then all of the things she stands to inherit will have to go through probate court---which sometimes takes up to two years to get through. I can't imagine how anyone could ever get through two years without what they own and deserve.
I won't get those papers in the mail today though because no one can tell me the address and person I need to send them to---since we reorganized and sent all our personnel activities to Albuquerque.
So the rest of you take a hard look at what this means to you and if you want everything to go through probate court---let your stuff go through the other normal lawful process---as for me I want Inklings to have what she deserves as soon as she can get her hands on it.
I probably should have titled this PREPARE TO DIE.
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It's not very fun to tell someone that their estate has to be probated. Utah isn't a common-law state, and sometimes people think that just because their husband owns property, they own property. Not the case...I've had to tell this to more than one client. Their response, "But he has a will?" (What I want to say, "Tell the judge, but I can't help you until he appoints a personal representative.") They argue, don't believe you, etc. It sucks.
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I'm glad you're thinking about this now. :)
*L*
What a pain paperwork can be, but I'm glad you're getting it straightened out, even if I don't like to think about the implications of it all.
What makes you so sure you will go first? ;)
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Delirious---I am certain I will go first because I have no concience...If Inklings hadn't had such a BIG concience she would have gone when she was so sick when we lived in Beaver......I tell her all the time if she dies her kids and grandkids are orphans----and I mean that--I can't stand the thought of doing it alone.
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