Nova
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If someone chooses to ignore their option to create a will, (or a living will, or a general or medical POA) that's their choice. That can create problems for married couples (especially in the case of remarriage), unmarried couples, and same sex couples. Not to mention those not in a committed relationship with multiple children! How is this related to the teacher's post, again??
Yes, that why I said the highest estimate I'd seen. I agree. It's likely lower.
You do know that judges can overrule wills, don't you? And they have done so, throwing out the wills of gay people in favor of the claims of the biological survivors simply because the judge in question shared some of your beliefs.
Now imagine your husband is critically ill and the hospital bars you from seeing him or making decisions on his behalf. My husband and I have medical powers of attorney for one another, but our lawyer warned us when he drew up the documents that if a hospital chooses to ignore them, our only recourse will be to sue in court, a process that probably won't be resolved before the sick partner is dead.
Fortunately, the above won't happen here in California, because we are legally married here and protected by the laws governing marriage. But if we cross the border into Arizona, we are instantly at risk...