I finished final number one on Tuesday night and I have my second one tonight. I spent yesterday (and when I say yesterday, I mean ALL FREAKING DAY LONG) sitting at my dining room table surrounded by books and notes all discussing wills, probate, estate administration... Here's what I know (my first bit of legal advice to my friends and family)... GET A WILL!! Do not leave it to your family to sort it out. They will fight over the DUMBEST things. And get a will done properly. Make sure you have mental capacity to make your will (just the fact that I say my family is "crazy" does NOT mean you don't have mental capacity to make a will). Oh - and if you don't want to leave anything to your greedy, good-for-nothing relative... make sure you SAY that, or indeed - they will take from your property. The good news is, your life insurance policies will go where you want them to - as long as your beneficiary is right.
Keep in mind that these rules may NOT all exactly apply to those family members residing in the great state of Louisiana. As is the case in most of my law school classes, almost every law has one caveat: *This may not apply in Louisiana.
So, right this moment, my brain is so full that I am afraid if I so much as bend over to tie my shoes information might start leaking out. Talk to me again after 10pm tonight and I might be able to have a coherent conversation - MIGHT - and only for a day... because then the next round of studying for the FINAL final which takes place on Monday will begin!
Hasta Luego my Friends... Go write a will!
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