[ARC5] Wills and all that

[Michael Kana]

There is a book I heard about in decluttering and minimalism discussions: “The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning”
The book deals with reducing ones estate so the heirs or (unfortunate) relatives/friends jobs are easier. I have yet to read it but am slowly dispensing of stuff - but get tripped up when I find something neat at a hamfest or auction site and I drag home. 

I’ve read the current generations are not interested even in china, silver tea settings, old furniture.   I can say with all certainty my family/inlaws have no interest in all the radio stuff I have squirreled away so working with that. My key collection will be the last to disperse - will probably take the Amplidan key with me. 
73 Mike

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> On Jun 10, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Bart Lee <bart.lee.k6vk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I agree with Scott.  
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> One should label and document one's sacred objects as if one were about to sell them on X-Bay for a million dollars, because that is how much grief you will save your heirs when they have to dispose of them.  If you want them to go to a museum, do it now, or they may just get junked  - and include a modest donation towards curatorial costs -- but don't expect you can require a museum to keep them just because you love 'em.  Many donations are sold-on for operating expenses.  But they go to the interested, so that's all to the good.
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> The benefit of a trust over a will is that it saves probate fees, which can be large and eat the estate. A trust costs some money up front but saves a lot later for the heirs.
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>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:12 PM Scott Robinson <spr at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Folks,
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>> First, you need  a will for legal and other reasons. You might wish to create a Revocable Trust, and put all your major financial assets in it; this will give your heirs a much smoother ride when you do depart this life. This takes a lawyer, and mine cost me about $2500.
>> 
>> Further, you should have a list of what you own, model and serial number, condition (restored,working. work in process, for parts only, etc.), and a dated estimate of value. The value part will of course be approximate, but it helps separate the high value items from the rest of the herd. Keep a printed copy with your will...and probably a list of bank account numbers and passwords, too.
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>> This last is important; a work friend died about 10 years ago, and his wife knew practically nothing abut their finances. He had a network of kluged Window computers at home containing this data,but she knew no passwords. Since ha had been employed at a tech company, his work friends, as the Nazi movies say, had Ways. A skillful colleague reset the passwords on the machines, one after the other.  If he had worked, say, at an insurance office, matters would have been much harder.
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>> FWIW,
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>> Scott Robinson
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>>> On 6/8/20 7:59 PM, kn7sfz wrote:
>>> His contributions were always an interesting read.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if he had any ham friends in Florida who could assist his widow with the disposition of his no doubt considerable collection.
>>> 
>>> It would appear that his condition came upon him rather quickly and he probably had no time to tie up loose ends, so to speak.  This really sobers me as I am 3 years older than he and have considerable stuff myself that I would not want to become a burden to my widow.  What to do....what to do....   None of us really knows how much sand we each have left in our hourglass.
>>> 
>>> I do hope she gets the support she needs. 
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>>> And we know for whom the bell tolls......for us, whose lives have now diminished with his loss.  
>>> 
>>> Richard kn7sfz
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