# Dopers without kids: Who are you leaving your "estate" to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627 "2006-07-22T20:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/1 "2006-07-22T20:09:47Z")
Just a random thought I had. Before our son was born, my husband and I usually listed my mom as the secondary beneficiary of any pissant little life insurance policy we might have had. (Not that much would be left over after the creditors got their hands on it.) ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/2 "2006-07-22T20:41:34Z")
My cats. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/3 "2006-07-22T20:47:06Z")
My partner and any surviving family, and a list of charities and Good Causes, such as health research and my undergraduate college. Plus the cat stipend for whover cares for them, of course. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/4 "2006-07-22T21:04:08Z")
Mr. SCL if I go first, of course. The main worry is making sure the cats are taken care of. Then the rest to his sister’s grandchildren, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/5 "2006-07-22T21:14:51Z")
I plan to leave it to the state to get rid of my stuff. I don’t have enough to care about. That will mean my two sisters and the state will split it up, if it’s even large enough to be taxed, which I doubt. I do have a small employer-provided life insurance policy. My “good sister” (rather than my evil one) is named as the beneficiary of that. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/6 "2006-07-22T21:32:58Z")
A friend I’ve known for most of my life, and if she pre-deceases me (and I get to the lawyer’s office to actually do the codicil), the next heir is the historical society I belong to. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/7 "2006-07-22T21:43:05Z")
My SO, and after that, our siblings. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/8 "2006-07-22T22:01:20Z")
No idea. I imagine we’ll facilitate an estate sale and give a good portion of the proceeds to charity, with family getting the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/9 "2006-07-22T22:46:48Z")
Well, there’s always [http://www.myinheritor.com/](http://www.myinheritor.com/) 😃 I guess if I accumulated enough assets to make it worth the trouble (unlikely), I would probably leave everything to my brother, who needs the money more than my parents do. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/10 "2006-07-22T23:56:14Z")
For the purposes of the Visa, I made up a will naming Mr Indigo as my beneficiary. He did the same thing only with me in that spot. Otherwise, err. I dunno. I don’t really care that much - if we both die, then somebody can argue over our meagre “estate”. Which mostly consists of computer games and electronic devices. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/11 "2006-07-22T23:58:47Z")
My nephew. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/12 "2006-07-23T00:38:12Z")
Before my kids were born, I named my husband as my heir, followed by my brother if my husband didn’t survive me by 72 hours. Pretty standard. Now if hubby doesn’t outlive me by at least 72 hours, everything goes into a trust for our kids. If hubby does outlive me, everything goes to him. Then when he dies, the kid thing kicks in. We don’t have seperate wills/trusts. Everything goes into one big pot, either way. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/13 "2006-07-23T00:58:08Z")
I have too little money or assets to worry about estate planning, but I guess I would leave it to my brother. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/14 "2006-07-23T01:36:39Z")
Everything goes to my older brother for him to distribute any way he feels is appropriate. If I out live him I’ll have to come up with another plan. Maybe my younger sister or niece . ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/15 "2006-07-23T01:38:32Z")
My sister. If she predeceases me, my brother’s children. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/16 "2006-07-23T01:59:40Z")
My niece. I’m not going to tell her though, lest she does me in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/17 "2006-07-23T03:34:50Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > My niece. I’m not going to tell her though, lest she does me in. 🙂 Yeah, I was going to say. the two guys most likely to do me in for the insurance! (bro, and late sister’s child) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/18 "2006-07-23T03:56:16Z")
My two nephews. But their other aunt, who is executrix of my will, gets first selection of my personal effects, (heh, mostly some good books). ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/19 "2006-07-23T04:03:06Z")
I left all my assets to my parents. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627/20 "2006-07-23T04:13:17Z")
If I’m married by then, it’ll probably mostly go to my wife, and maybe some to my cousins and their kids. If not, probably all to my cousins and their kids, mayhaps a bit to some charities; haven’t really thought about it. If I died today my inheritors would probably be able to live downtown for two months before the well dried up. > [@anu-la1979](#): > > I left all my assets to my parents. :eek: Are you a zombie? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-kids-who-are-you-leaving-your-estate-to/365627.md?page=2)