RE: living trust, will, and advance directives

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2017, , Flora wrote:
 > To Robert's last statement... or fight and disagree - that they know what the
 >  person would want if they were able to make the decision themselves. I've
 >  heard a lot of podcasts on how families fall apart because of this. I actually
 >  like the idea of multiple people. I would think that this would provide the

this is what the lawyer said in his experience. that way the others don't 
resent the one who is in charge of disposition.

 >  best outcome for all involved. By the way, I think that you should be as
 >  explicit in your advance directive as possible. If you don't want a certain
 >  person in the room, put that in your advance directive. 
 > 
 > Tim and I did both a living will and a will before Nick was born. I haven't
 > looked at them since. 

Probably good idea to update that.

 > 
 > Do you go to an estate planner to get all this done? Do they help you with the
 > financial planning, too? I'm thinking you want to financially plan. Do you
 > know if a deceased person's debts are paid by their living relatives?