# How do you estate lawyers know when their clients die? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780 "2006-04-01T00:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/21 "2006-04-01T18:34:35Z")
Didn’t Cecil write a column about this? Or maybe it was a staff report. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/22 "2006-04-01T18:34:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 20-10, **SkipMagic** ’s serve. Sports related thread belong in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/23 "2006-04-01T18:35:53Z")
Looks like **monstro** has fled the building. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/24 "2006-04-01T19:03:43Z")
Fled the building? With all these relocations he’s probably searching the grounds. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/25 "2006-04-01T19:23:02Z")
It looks as if it’s up to me to clarify matters. I think that what is called for here is _opinions_ about the law-this thread obviously belongs in IMHO. Moving thread. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/26 "2006-04-01T19:38:56Z")
I’m reading Bleak House, and I think I’ve figured it out. The thread’s in Chancery! ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/27 "2006-04-01T19:40:35Z")
I thought joke threads belonged in MPSIMS? Although I’m sure someone will want to pit you mods for the confusion 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/28 "2006-04-01T19:45:41Z")
well, all this ping-ponging is making me think seriously “About This Message Board” ! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/29 "2006-04-01T21:03:54Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > well, all this ping-ponging is making me think seriously “About This Message Board” ! **Moderator’s Note:** Moving thread to ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/30 "2006-04-01T21:09:50Z")
One more move of this thread and the hamsters are gonna go for their guns. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/31 "2006-04-01T21:22:08Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Didn’t Cecil write a column about this? Or maybe it was a staff report. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_216b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_216b.html) So obviously this must be moved. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/32 "2006-04-01T21:28:47Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > One more move of this thread and the hamsters are gonna go for their guns. Do hamsters have the right to bear arms? Sounds debatable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/33 "2006-04-01T21:36:08Z")
You know, if a member did this he’d be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/34 "2006-04-01T21:45:12Z")
A member wouldn’t be able to move threads. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/35 "2006-04-01T21:46:54Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > A member wouldn’t be able to move threads. You know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/36 "2006-04-01T21:54:28Z")
Some pigs are more equal than other pigs. - _Animal Farm_ ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/37 "2006-04-01T22:06:06Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Fled the building? With all these relocations **she’s** probably searching the grounds. emphasis mine I’m kind of embarrassed about this thread. The answer was so simple and then I discovered I fucked up the thread title. And then **Otto** called me a guy. Now because of the moderator’s shenanigans, everybody and their momma knows about it. I’m crying right now, thanks to you crazy-ass moderators. I’m crying tears of intense rage. ☹☹☹ april fool’s 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/38 "2006-04-01T22:12:17Z")
While this tangentially refers to one of Cecil’s columns, that’s really a stretch. I think it’s more GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/39 "2006-04-01T22:26:27Z")
\ Wasn’t there a Staff Report about this once? Moving there. \ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780/40 "2006-04-01T22:34:10Z")
I think you guys just saw that question a while back in ATMB that asked if any thread had ever made the circuit of every forum, and wanted to a have one that did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-estate-lawyers-know-when-their-clients-die/350780.md?page=3)