[Otter74]

When my dad died in 2005, I was the executor of his estate, which wasn't very big. Will basically said everything gets split between me and my sister. It was a good thing I was the executor, since I went to Atlanta at least once a year anyway whereas my sister basically never goes east of Denver. It was a ton of work to settle everything but there wasn't really any argument about who got what - fortunately that part was easy. Ultimately it was up to me since I was the one actually going there and doing ****, but I love my sister and I'm not a dick. When my mom visited recently she told me that she had created a trust so that I didn't have to do that all over again when she died (and we both know we couldn't count on my sister to do it.) When she laid it out for me I agreed with her - this seems like by far the cleanest way to handle things. It basically runs itself once the person dies.