Category Archives: Wills

and beyond

Posted on December 7, 2015 by dgermann

My work is end of life and beyond. :- Doug.

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Why do I like/not like trusts?

Posted on November 15, 2015 by dgermann

Trust documents are labyrinthine: hard to understand. Wills say give this. In a trust, the house takes two deeds; in probate only one, and sometimes none. In a trust, it takes opening two bank accounts; in probate often two, but … Continue reading →

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I get to openly love

Posted on October 6, 2015 by dgermann

Elder caring is the only field of law where I get to openly love my clients. :- Doug.

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Where’s the poetry?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by dgermann

Where’s the poetry in this? :- Doug.

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not the enemy

Posted on July 20, 2015 by dgermann

Probate and Wills are not the enemy—only tools among many TOD is not the ultimate slicer, dicer, and cooking pot They call upon you to think :- Doug.

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A Will can be sacred

Posted on July 10, 2015 by dgermann

A Will can be sacred. :- Doug.

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All the living we could have

Posted on May 10, 2015 by dgermann

We do not have all the living we could have in nursing homes nor in Estate Plans, nor in Wills and Trusts and Estate Administration. Nor in death. This then needs us to disorganize. :- Doug.

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A commodity Will

Posted on February 10, 2015 by dgermann

You want a commodity Will: That is not the kind of Will I do, and no one does well for you who does that. Every Will is for a particular person. The Wills of Husbands and Wives always mean different … Continue reading →

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Own anything you want

Posted on February 10, 2015 by dgermann

Own anything you want in your Will you can! & then give it away to whomever you wish! Give the White House to your garbage collector the moon to President Lincoln to your children the entire saved-from-your-lifetime contents of your … Continue reading →

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Will us eyes

Posted on February 9, 2015 by dgermann

Will us eyes eyes you have loved ones with crinkles in the corner ones which pull on dimples ones with tears and ones which see into your deeps :- Doug.

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In poetic law

Posted on February 8, 2015 by dgermann

In poetic law, we not only do but ponder: in gifts and donees we see meaning; beyond Dollars and numbers love. We look among the trees and find forests & paths & sunlit openings. In streams flowing we find future … Continue reading →

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Whatever you leave

Posted on February 3, 2015 by dgermann

Whatever you leave others will sort out. Escape with your life. Leave the furniture. What do you care if others use it for firewood? :- Doug.

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Will good!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by dgermann

Will good! :- Doug.

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Working on Wills

Posted on January 6, 2015 by dgermann

I work on people’s wills—their will to care well for one another in and out of nursing homes, in end of life, in families. :- Doug.

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Help us do what we need

Posted on October 16, 2014 by dgermann

The Court is here to help us do what we need to do. Why would we use a lathe as a hammer? :- Doug.

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If money

Posted on May 7, 2014 by dgermann

If money is the only thing you can think to give away how poor! :- Doug.

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Setting the stage

Posted on May 3, 2014 by dgermann

Setting the stage your Will is :- Doug.

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