http://onwithyourstory.com Musings on all things related to family and personal history and to writing in general Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:27:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://onwithyourstory.com/ethical-wills/comment-page-1/#comment-7 nancy1 Tue, 19 May 2009 16:10:11 +0000 http://onwithyourstory.com/?page_id=63#comment-7 Cyndi, An Ethical Will is not a legal document. It "bequeaths" your values and hopes for family and community. As such it is written as a separate document that can be saved with your Living Trust documents. In my case, my estate attorney gave me a binder containing everything associated with the Trust. I added a tab to the binder for Ethical Will. You can specify your Ethical Will to be opened and read after your death. Or you can do as I have done. In addition, to keeping it with my Trust papers, I have given copies to my children, which they are free to read now. As the circumstances of my life have changed, I have rewritten my Ethical Will, each time giving my son and daughter the new one. I am certain that you family will treasure receiving your Ethical Will, far more than tangible property. I hope this has answered your question, Cyndi. Cyndi,
An Ethical Will is not a legal document. It “bequeaths” your values and hopes for family and community. As such it is written as a separate document that can be saved with your Living Trust documents. In my case, my estate attorney gave me a binder containing everything associated with the Trust. I added a tab to the binder for Ethical Will. You can specify your Ethical Will to be opened and read after your death. Or you can do as I have done. In addition, to keeping it with my Trust papers, I have given copies to my children, which they are free to read now. As the circumstances of my life have changed, I have rewritten my Ethical Will, each time giving my son and daughter the new one. I am certain that you family will treasure receiving your Ethical Will, far more than tangible property. I hope this has answered your question, Cyndi.

]]> http://onwithyourstory.com/ethical-wills/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Cyndi Thu, 14 May 2009 23:14:47 +0000 http://onwithyourstory.com/?page_id=63#comment-6 How do I add my Ethical will to my Living Trust? How do I add my Ethical will to my Living Trust?

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