i want to make my wife my legal next of kin. i live in alabama, which doesn't recognize same sex unions. is there any way that i can have my next of kin changed from my parents to my wife, so that when i die, she can carry out my last wishes for burial?
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I'm pretty sure you can put anything you want in you will. Put in your will that you want your friend to be responsible for funeral arrangements and have a lawyer to varify it.\n\nI live in alabama also... I think this is true... but check on it with a lawyer.\n\nDaniel
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you are an incestuous mole bag. yes ur partner will be the next of kin and that makes u a bad person in the eyes of god
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See the source for the wedding part, I guess it makes sense. As for a funeral, it's hard to say. Anyone who dies deserves a rightful burial. It's the time to say good-bye, religion doesn't have to be involved.
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You can't make decisions based on if you know someone involved or not.  You have to be empathetic or not to gay marriage regardless.  If one of your family members is gay, that doesn't change whether it is right or not for gays to be married.
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If you challenge this, you will have to produce witness that say that she changed it when he lost his mental abilities.  You will have to contest the will in Probate Court in the county that you dad lived in.  It will be an uphill battle to win this.  If a person leave no will, all funds go to the wife.  You see the challenge?
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Your are next of kin, final decision is yours. Civil suit can not be implemented as long as no financial responsibility is placed on living child. If the child doesn't want to come pay respects then that is their choice, but do what you feel is right.
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The executor of her estate will have the power after she dies, as far as I know.  But I am honestly not totally certain.  Good luck!
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This depemds on mhat you want to do and have happen if you die.\n\nJoint Tennants... You die she/he gets your share. All parties own the whole. Can not be willed to another.\n\nMost common is Joint Tennants
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I would contact the registrar of voters for the county where you will be living to determine if you can legally do this.  Chances are that you will need to wait until after you move their to register.
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Different states have different laws on this issue.  Your remains will be cremated after they are used as teaching tools for up and coming doctors.  It's fascinating!  The people I have known who did donate themselves were very sick; many surgeries and disease processes that will educate others.  It doesn't cost anything where we live and they come to get the body once that person has passed on.  They are very respectful.  Most folks have a memorial ceremony because they really don't have a time schedule on the use of the cadavar.  You can call the state you're in to find out more; or even call a hospice facility about body donation and they give you more detailed information.  Godloveya.
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yOU HAVE TO CHECK YOUR LOCAL MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW. tHE PERSONAL LAW BOARD LOOKS AFTER THIS. THE HINDU SUCCESSION ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ARE IN INDIA.
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Oh boy, would I love to be a fly on the wall when you tell mom and step dad.  Ya, it's ok, technically yall are not kin, so it's all legal.
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so youre trying to find your husbands biological family and the bio-mother refuses to cooperate?\n\nyour information kind of all runs together and is very difficult to follow.  who was born dec 4 1970?  not the grandmother of your children, is it?  whos sister was 4 yrs old in 70?  and what does 1950 have to do with that?\n\nif you have this womans address, i suggest writing a card letting her know of your husbands dying wishes and pray for the best.   keep it simple though.\n\nyou say you respect her decision which does include the fact she told no one else.  if your family is as close as you say they are - didnt they know this stuff upfront when you first married your husband?\n\nit may be better to post a question on suggestions for how to locate long lost family members and go thru those means rather than hoping to have the specific people to respond\n\ntry this website: http://www.zabasearch.com/
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This issue has always been difficult for me.  Not the part about giving people a real say in what happens to them at the end of their life.  That to me is only natural.  It's always been my concern at how something like that could be abused, and also where the line is drawn that says, "Here you can choose to end your life and here you can't".  \n\nWe as a society have done such a marvelous job of finding ways to kill one another and yet we still can't adequately figure out how to best do it to ourselves.\n\nAs far as it being done legally, Oregon permits physician-assisted suicides.  Here is a link to the state's site on the subject.  I wish you peace and comfort as you struggle with how best to help your loved one.
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Sorry to hear about your loss.  You will probably need a probate attorney or talk with your stepmother on getting the items.  Problem:  He married her and she become the first beneficiary without a will.  Technically, everything will go to her.  If there were no spouse, it would be the kids and so on.  But since there is a spouse, work it out with her or hire an attorney and send everything to probate.  You might still not win unless you have witnesses to back up your side of the story.  Legally, she gets everything.
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Just tell her exactly like you did here. I think most women would understand. They'd be honoured if you called them "mom" -- and I think that applies to m-inlaws, and stepmoms, but don't expect it, and understand it if you cannot. I cannot call my inlaws mom & dad -- and both my parents died young -- they're fine with it -- maybe disappointed deep inside -- but they understand as likewise, they felt the same about their inlaws...and so it goes.
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I believe Georgia is a communal property state which means all assets belong equally to husband and wife once they are married. That would make the will void because your father was no longer the sole owner of the assets once he got married--- his wife gets equal ownership as soon as they say "I Do."