I just want to know how to ensure that my PC hard drive is erased upon my death.
This is myopic, awful advice. There are plenty of ways to screw up a will but even if you don't, a will is simply a really fancy letter to the probate judge asking "pretty please make x,y,z happen. please." A will still has to be probated with your estate and that process can go for months or years (thereby preventing your heirs from getting their inheritance for months or years) and will cost alot of money. Estate planning is not just writing a will.If your estate is below the threshold for the federal estate tax then there's nothing to plan, really. Have a will made if you want specific things to happen or your property to devolve in a manner different from your state's default rule.
My bad bro, I forgot how awful the common law is. Here, under the civil law, a succession is an easy matter with or without a will, over and done with in a matter of days for 99% of people.This is myopic, awful advice. There are plenty of ways to screw up a will but even if you don't, a will is simply a really fancy letter to the probate judge asking "pretty please make x,y,z happen. please." A will still has to be probated with your estate and that process can go for months or years (thereby preventing your heirs from getting their inheritance for months or years) and will cost alot of money. Estate planning is not just writing a will.
Glad you know me well bro, Anyways I am about halfway to federal estate tax. Just want to make sure I get things in order.Considering how retarded Harfle's posts are I doubt she has all that much estate to plan.
Yeah kin do of want to prevent having that happen again. I had to go through it took almost 2 years before anyone got anything.This is myopic, awful advice. There are plenty of ways to screw up a will but even if you don't, a will is simply a really fancy letter to the probate judge asking "pretty please make x,y,z happen. please." A will still has to be probated with your estate and that process can go for months or years (thereby preventing your heirs from getting their inheritance for months or years) and will cost alot of money. Estate planning is not just writing a will.