[WSBAPT] Estate Planning for the Rapture

[Krista MacLaren]

As a practical matter, would the person left behind to deal with the clients’ property be expected to maintain their home in its vacant state for a full 8 years?  I guess this would be a situation where there is no proof of death, but it seems like it would be important for the client to realize that this may cause them to come back to a bankrupt estate.  

Krista MacLaren
Attorney at Law
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> On Jul 7, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Heather deVrieze <heatherd at westseattlelaw.com> wrote:
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> Had a client today inform me that he believed that the Rapture would soon be upon us (in the next year or three) and that he and his wife would suddenly just be missing, along with many of their beneficiaries and designated fiduciaries. Following the scriptures they would return to earth after its 7 years of trials and tribulations and that he wouldn’t want any presumption of death to distribute all of his assets to the remaining (non-raptured) beneficiaries in that time frame.
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> Wanting to respect the client despite any of my own personal views of his position, I was pondering perhaps including a provision in the POA and in the Will that might require an 8 year waiting period, instead of the 5 year presumption under 11.80.080, before distributing the estate. (In the event that I am missing and there is no physical proof of my death, I direct my Personal Representative/Attorney-in-fact to wait a period of at least 8 years from the date that I went missing before administering my estate and distributing it under 11.80.080.)
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> Thoughts?
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> Heather
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