What kind of person would put a list of states in almost, but not quite, reverse alphabetical order?
wunder K6WRU > On Apr 24, 2022, at 7:19 PM, Edward Mccann <edwmcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To Ed’s point: > > “Some states recognize memorandums of personal property as legally binding, > but there are 20 states that don’t categorize them as legitimate legal > documents, including West Virginia, Vermont, Texas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, > Rhode Island, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, > Mississippi, Kentucky, Maryland, Louisiana, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, and > Connecticut.” > > > Ed McCann > AG6CX > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 24, 2022, at 7:08 PM, Edward Dauer <eda...@aya.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> Related to the thread on helping other hams' families deal with their >> stations after they go SK, there is an idea that I think I mentioned on the >> Reflector a couple of years ago, but which may be worth repeating given >> that the general subject has come up again. I have to begin but saying >> that, though a lawyer myself, I should not be understood as offering legal >> advice with the following note. I mention it only as something anyone >> interested might want to pursue with their own counsel. >> >> Wills are complex instruments and, by themselves, sometimes cumbersome in >> dealing with personal property -- like amateur radio equipment -- that may >> change in shape and value over time. Amending a will can sometimes be a >> big, by which I mean costly, deal. In many states, if not most, there is >> another way. It's called various things in various places, though where I >> live it's called a Memorandum Disposition of Personal Property. It's a >> document that anyone can write, amend, tear up, whatever, at any time >> without going through the trouble of amending a will or a trust. If the >> Will correctly refers to it, the document becomes an effective way of >> directing the disposition of tangible personal property. Using the proper >> form at the outset I can describe what I want to have happen to my station, >> or any piece of it, in a simple document that alone can write. If the >> equipment list changes, and I want to change where the rest goes, I can >> change the Memorandum. No need to amend the Will or a testamentary trust. >> >> I should stop there, and say only that it's not widely known but t's worth >> looking into. >> >> Ted, KN1CBR >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to edwmcc...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
