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DNR or Full Code for Resuscitation?
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@kjoed53 The DNR/DNI documents are just the tip of the iceberg if you want to keep your life intact even after you are gone. My family history has a strange happening in it. Both my Great Grandfather, and his son, my Grandfather, has a clause in the wills, "Should my son/daughter predecease my wife then my estate passes to any grandchildren. For my Grandfather, his only offspring was my mother and she died a year before her mother. Even though my Mom and Dad shared everything especially the income from the property in Texas, the moment she died it all passed to us--three Grandchildren. My Mom and Dad had wills drawn up that left everything to the other.
I live in the rural part of Minnesota with 40 acres of woods. It is my bolthole, if we need it. I also have planted over 2000 Black Walnut trees. I have collected over 3800 books and over 4500 Comic books. I have a few ebooks, games, CD (music), and Videos. Five of my six children thanked me for sending them copies of all of the documents. The sixth one who has cut herself off from the family wanted to know what was in it for her ($$$).
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@rollingf Yes, many people do not realize they have to think of so many possibilities that might happen and be sure to plan for them in a Will or Trust.Such as what if the person dies first...then where would you want the Estate to go to.
Happens many a time....regarding the sixth one. They do not get the fact that an inheritance is a gift and not a right. One sometimes has to have a disinherited clause in the Will or Trust to name persons that one feels should not be given a gift and possibly why they are not to receive a gift. Communication!!!
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I'm not questioning the importance of the many other aspects of preparing for the inevitable. I'm questioning why there's not a separate thread of equal importance when the topic of DNR is the only thing mentioned in the initial post. When important topics are squeezed into threads that are labeled as something else, they are lost to anyone who may not want to read updates to a DNR post. Likewise, anyone looking for updates to a DNR post may not want to weed through the updates that have nothing to do with DNR. These updates we receive every day are organized for the ease of the members who are interested in the topics posted. I think these non DNR updates should be the beginning of a new topic and it's own thread that is easier for all to follow or not, whichever they choose.