{"id":12487,"date":"2022-09-04T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:32:22","slug":"good-friends-bad-legacies-dealing-with-the-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning\/good-friends-bad-legacies-dealing-with-the-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friends, Bad Legacies: Dealing with the Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sorry that you died last month. RIP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, anyway, you left us and now I am dealing with the aftermath. I looked high and low and couldn&#8217;t find a list of what you owned. Seriously, dude, could you not have taken 5 minutes out of your day and put together a folder with some information?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t want to complain, but after I found your safety deposit box key loose in a drawer, we had to look up the imprint on it that provided the bank\u2019s routing number. That led me to your bank, which of course has numerous branches. Would your bank cooperate with me? Of course not! I finally had to get a court order so the bank would disclose where your safety deposit box was located and let me access it. The only thing I could do when it was opened \u2013 with a banker present, of course \u2013 was pull out your original <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/wills-trusts\/this-is-what-you-need-to-know-before-signing-a-will\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and let the lawyer take it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping your will in your safety deposit box was a bad idea. So was keeping your burial instructions in there. We had no idea you wanted to be buried instead of cremated. Sorry about that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all that, my lawyer filed an application with the court to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/probate-and-its-process-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">probate your will<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Why didn\u2019t you update it after all the people you had named as executor died? Lord knows who will be named to serve as executor now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I cannot login to your phone or computer since you did not leave any passwords. All those online records and accounts are going to eventually need court orders to access.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And your huge bitcoin investment? Without your private key, those are gone with the wind, my friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had no idea about your holdings, so I had to do a public-records search that included a search of court files, county deed records and business records filed with the Secretary of State just to see if you owned any real property, were involved in a lawsuit, or had an interest in a closely held business. Each positive hit led to more investigation. I bet I spent a full day tracking information down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am still looking for your corporate record books. I suppose your lawyer has copies. Too bad I don\u2019t know who your lawyer was.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I contacted your former employer to see if you were entitled to unpaid benefits, had a life-insurance policy or a retirement account through the employer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think you had a few more life insurance policies and an annuity contract or two, but of course you did not leave a copy anywhere. I had to complete an on-line request form with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdi.texas.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas Department of Insurance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They are supposed to give my request form to the companies who are voluntarily participating in the service, and then, if they have a life insurance policy or annuity on you, those companies should contact me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also looked on the unclaimed property website for each state that I remembered you lived in. I probably did not get all of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then there was your storage unit. I know you had one because you talked about it, but I can\u2019t find a key or rental agreement. That one has me worried, because if the rental fees are not paid then the stored property may be sold to satisfy the lien on the property. Time is not on our side.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alive, you were a good friend. Dead, you are a nightmare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RIP.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Can Help With Your Estate Planning Needs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid leaving a mess for your loved ones after your death. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/#form\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule a consultation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one of the experienced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Hammerle Morris to discuss your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-planning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estate planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/virginia-hammerle\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in her fourth decade of practicing law. She is Board Certified in Civil Trial by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and an Accredited Estate Planner. Contact her at legaltalktexas@hammerle.com or visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammerle.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.hammerle.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This column does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry that you died last month. RIP. Well, anyway, you left us and now I am dealing with the aftermath. I looked high and low and couldn&#8217;t find a list of what you owned. 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