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| i `m at the age where i`ve seen all sorts of scenarios. one friend had a "macho man" dad who didn`t want to be hooked up to machinery and gave orders to "pull the plug" well when that predicament actually arose they pulled the plug, but he didn`t die and spent his last 15 yrs miserable in a wheelchair and nursing home. doctors say, had he stayed pulled in, he would`ve made a close to normal recovery.
another friend had a dad who shacked up with a younger woman, they weren`t married but when he got diagnosed with a late stage cancer, she got him to secretly marry her a year before he croaked. when the will was read "surprise surprise, i`m your mother! and i get everything". she and her kids did end up with everything but were "gracious" enough to sell the land to the oldman`s kids at a little bit less than market value.
still another friend had a large number of "old maid schoolmarm aunts" they all had a fair amount of land due to outliving everyone. they made nieces & nephews run the gauntlet waiting on them and if one ticked them off a little bit, they were out of the will! my friend did win that "game show" but it took a toll on him and he`s screwed up.
as folks get older many times they get selfish and entitled, some get very naive. trouble with that in preserving a legacy, it can be a challenge to "keep jabba the hutt" happy while still following letter of the law with estate planning. | |
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Carter's Sec of Ag Bob Bergland and the Demolition of the Family Farm.
