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Originally Posted by Breeze  I might give my family members more than my dogs but it would depend on the relationship, I do not believe people deserve money "just because" they are related. I went through nasty years of estate battle of my parents passing, some things are unforgivable.
If my family treated me nasty through the years and my best friends, nieces, charities and dogs ..... treated me better then I would leave it to them. No one would deserve my estate and I would hope my wishes would be respected. Not all families are happy, not all family members are worthy of your time or money, unfortunately.  |
Totally agree w/ everything you've said in this thread. Until you've been through a messy estate issue, you really have no idea what people are capable of after a person dies.
I also agree that a person can do whatever they like - it's their money, their estate. Being a family "member" does not equate with actually *being* family - there can be a gulf of difference btwn those two things.
Pet trusts are often set up to support the dog until it passes - the amount doesn't often matter bc the trust is set-up to then go to charity or another person after the dog passes. This is very common. We have a Pet Trust for our boys if we both die - and the remainder of the trust (after the dogs pass) will go to the caretaker's (my in-laws, right now) local humane assn. Since we don't have kids, our main concern if we both pass is our fur babies.