Even if the guy was the worst human being on the face of the earth, a will is a will.
You respect a dead man's wishes.
What if he'd given everything away before dying?
Could that have been contested too?
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| Author: | Newsbot [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Male-only inheritance overturned |
Title: Male-only inheritance overturned Category: Misc CDN Posted By: Hyack Date: 2010-11-30 22:40:09 Canadian |
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| Author: | martin14 [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:50 am ] |
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Wong said in his ruling. "He was a racist whose will Since when did women become a race ? Idiotic ruling, raises many problems. |
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| Author: | raydan [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Even if the guy was the worst human being on the face of the earth, a will is a will. You respect a dead man's wishes. What if he'd given everything away before dying? Could that have been contested too? |
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| Author: | Brenda [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. |
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| Author: | raydan [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. If there was, it wouldn't be a "WILL". Will: The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action |
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| Author: | 2Cdo [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. I've got to disagree here. If it's my will I get to determine who gets what, not the state. What if you have one child who is a criminal junkie who has had no contact with family in years, except to steal from them. He/she should be rewarded just because he is a blood relative? This judge is an idiot. More state control over your life is not needed. 
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| Author: | Brenda [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
raydan raydan: Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. If there was, it wouldn't be a "WILL". Will: The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action Of course there would. You make a will for the most part of your estate. But, no matter how rotten the relationship was, I think your kids have a right to something. I'm not saying all, but a part. Even if you have only 1 kid, your estate automatically divides into 2 parts, so you can choose if your kid gets all, or half. And of course, only after your partner died. |
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| Author: | Brenda [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
2Cdo 2Cdo: Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. I've got to disagree here. If it's my will I get to determine who gets what, not the state. What if you have one child who is a criminal junkie who has had no contact with family in years, except to steal from them. He/she should be rewarded just because he is a blood relative? This judge is an idiot. More state control over your life is not needed. What about you just make sure there s nothing to inherit? Give it all away before you die? Travel around the world? |
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| Author: | 2Cdo [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Brenda Brenda: 2Cdo 2Cdo: Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. I've got to disagree here. If it's my will I get to determine who gets what, not the state. What if you have one child who is a criminal junkie who has had no contact with family in years, except to steal from them. He/she should be rewarded just because he is a blood relative? This judge is an idiot. More state control over your life is not needed. What about you just make sure there s nothing to inherit? Give it all away before you die? Travel around the world? I think that's what my parents are doing right now! Seriously though, I shouldn't have to give it away or spend it all before I die. It should be my choice what I do with my estate, not the governments. Full stop, no debate. |
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| Author: | raydan [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Brenda Brenda: raydan raydan: Brenda Brenda: There should just be a clause in the law that you can never leave ANY kid out. Something like: 5 children, so divide everything in 6 parts. 1 part is to be shared by the 5 children, with the other 5 part, the deceased can do what he wants. 5 parts to his son? Fine. To all his kids? Cool, they get equally as much. To charity? Fine. But all 5 kids share that 1/6th. If there was, it wouldn't be a "WILL". Will: The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action Of course there would. You make a will for the most part of your estate. But, no matter how rotten the relationship was, I think your kids have a right to something. I'm not saying all, but a part. Even if you have only 1 kid, your estate automatically divides into 2 parts, so you can choose if your kid gets all, or half. And of course, only after your partner died. I'm not saying that morally, the guy was right, just that he had the right to give out his money the way he wanted. Also, if the courts start judging things like this, just more money to the laywers and the legal system. 
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| Author: | Brenda [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
2Cdo 2Cdo: I think that's what my parents are doing right now!  $1: Seriously though, I shouldn't have to give it away or spend it all before I die. It should be my choice what I do with my estate, not the governments. Full stop, no debate. Which will get you court cases like this... |
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| Author: | raydan [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
... also, I don't see any moral obligation to separate an estate evenly between the kids. What if you want to give everything to charity? If one of the kids took care of you for 10-20 years before you died? If one kid already has all the money he'll ever need and the others are just getting by? |
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| Author: | Brenda [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
raydan raydan: ... also, I don't see any moral obligation to separate an estate evenly between the kids. What if you want to give everything to charity? Your kids will fight it. $1: If one of the kids took care of you for 10-20 years before you died? That's what the 1/something is for, so they all get something, but not evenly.$1: If one kid already has all the money he'll ever need and the others are just getting by? Why would that be a reason to not inherit something? Just because THEY did well for themselves and the other 8 are bums, they get nothing?? wtf? |
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| Author: | Pseudonym [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
This is one of those situations where the government is trying to do a "nice thing", but is walking all over the greater principles of self-determinacy to do so. Interfering with the dispensation of someone's estate as expressed in their will sets a horrible precedent. |
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| Author: | raydan [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Male-only inheritance overturned |
Brenda Brenda: raydan raydan: ... also, I don't see any moral obligation to separate an estate evenly between the kids. What if you want to give everything to charity? Your kids will fight it. $1: If one of the kids took care of you for 10-20 years before you died? That's what the 1/something is for, so they all get something, but not evenly.$1: If one kid already has all the money he'll ever need and the others are just getting by? Why would that be a reason to not inherit something? Just because THEY did well for themselves and the other 8 are bums, they get nothing?? wtf? I'll put it another way then. You have the right to do what you f**king want with your money, during your living days and when you die. It may be morally wrong what he did, although we don't know the whole story, but he had the right to do it and the courts should not get mixed up in this. Last question, what if he'd given everything to his son 20 years before dying? Should the courts get involved in this too? |
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