How To Control Your Heirs From Beyond the Grave
The Telegraph via MSN | 12/3/23 | Amelia Murray
For most people, a will is a way to ensure your loved ones are looked after when you’re gone.
You can divvy up your assets as you see fit, and make sure family, friends, pets and charities get what you feel they deserve.
But things such as an increase in wealth, second marriages and blended families, have led to some people including conditional clauses in their wills in an attempt to control their loved ones from beyond the grave.
… Generally speaking, you can include whatever conditional clause you like in your will. Most tend to be fairly straightforward and sensible, but others can include requiring an heir to change their name by deed poll, look after a surviving cat, have a clean criminal record or get a job in finance (these are all real examples).
One of the most common caveats involves an age restriction whereby the beneficiary cannot inherit until they reach a certain age, say 25-years-old, to prevent irresponsible spending.
However, Alexandra Milton, partner at law firm Moore Barlow, said she has seen some cases where parents don’t want their children to inherit until they reach 60.
Legal experts also see many attempts to try and control relationships via a will – both from partners and parents.
Oliver Asha, head of legal at Make a Will Online, said he’s seen gifts given on the condition the surviving spouse does not remarry or live with a new partner.
I heard Henry Ford is controlling Henry Ford the Third from the grave.
Ways You’d Like To Control Your Heirs From Beyond the Grave
By spending all my money and having them work for a living the lazy sots.
… by making them learn enough programming to keep Kinda Sorta Bo B-like Bots from taking over…
#include “webCrawl.h”
#include “funeral.h”
Bool BobB = TRUE;
Bool Alive = TRUE;
void setup(){
pinMode(1, INPUT_PULLUP);
void loop() {
BobB = digitalRead(1);
if (BobB == !ALIVE) {
funeral.begin;
webCrawl.begin;
mourn(3, years);
bobBot.WebCrawl();
}
}
Me: “I’d like to control my heirs from beyond the grave. “
My attorney: “Forget about it, DamnCat. They’re cats. “
Scavenger Hunt
I lost most of my hair in my 30’s, so controlling what’s left became a non-issue.
Sonny, you’re not getting my $37.25 life savings, until you agree to take care of my 216 stray cats, dogs, and Gila monsters. Oh, just one more thing — you’ll have to change your legal name to Slartibartfast.
Hey, where do you think you’re going? Ungrateful kids. Tsk.
I usually control my heirs with heir gel.
… I’ll leave them the bill for my funeral expenses, and spend every last cent I have in the meantime…
I gave all my kids my sense of humour. That way they can have few friends and get to spend most Friday nights alone at home sharing their wit and humour on sites like IMAO.
There are no other sites like IMAO. We are unique.