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    I'm no lawyer, but I would think the most recent document would override any previous one, and the daughter would win the case. That's the way it works with wills, and you don't have to formally rescind the one you are replacing.

    Either way - it is rather creepy........

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    Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
    No problems like that when I leave. I will be reduced to ashes, and there won't be much money left for anyone to fight over either!
    Amen - I would hope that my death would actually be LESS complicated than my life!!

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    Oh for petes sake.. I thought I had heard of everything.. This is just way too creepy for me..

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    An annuity is a contract between two parties...so, if the contract required certain formal procedures for cancelling or rescinding it, well, hopefully the woman did that. As to the body...as gross as it sounds, it does depend on what the will says, unless there is some public policy argument in place preventing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
    and there won't be much money left for anyone to fight over either!
    You could however, leave whatever money there is to the "Wombats Cryogenics to Save a Disabled Koala Organisation".
    I here that is a worthwhile charity


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    Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004 View Post
    You could however, leave whatever money there is to the "Wombats Cryogenics to Save a Disabled Koala Organisation".
    I here that is a worthwhile charity
    Wom, if I ever strike it rich I'll leave you money to help koalas when I die. Please don't cryogenic-ize them (whatever the heck that actually consists of) -- just save 'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
    Wom, if I ever strike it rich I'll leave you money to help koalas when I die. Please don't cryogenic-ize them (whatever the heck that actually consists of) -- just save 'em.

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