Containment What will happen when Barb dies?

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DanteOblong said:
Like they got in an agreement to kill each other when something terrible happens? Or Barb kills Chris on his sleep and then proceeds to kill herself while Cole observes the whole thing, smokin a cigarette and doing nothing to then say something along the lines of "I'm glad I didn't have to do it myself"?
:( That's dark...
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This is one of those goofy-ass things law students think about. But it's usually not something that dramatic. It's just that they die in a car crash together where you can't actually determine who dies first.

And then, the miracle of boilerplate happens!

Ta-da!

ARTICLE VIII: Simultaneous Death Clause

If my spouse and I shall die under such circumstances that the order of our deaths cannot be readily ascertained, my spouse shall be deemed to have predeceased me. No person, other than my spouse, shall be deemed to have survived me if such person dies within 30 days after my death. This article modifies all provisions of this will accordingly.
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I think this is usually in a husband's will when the husband is in theory the "head of the household." Yes, that's very cisnormative and shit but hey, legal documents of people with assets sometimes accommodates reality.

That's from the basic sample will Findlaw has.

It's not all that common a situation, but common enough it's in form wills.
 
What if Chris and Barb drive up to New York City to reconcile with Cole. Things get heated and Cole kicks them out. At the same time, Bob's kids and grandkids are visiting the Big Apple. Barb has had enough of Cole's shit, and she is going to finish off what the Saturday Night Special started. She takes the wheel and aim at Cole Smith-AYYYYYYYYYYYYY. Before she slams into him, Bob's kids and grand kids hit a slick spot in the road. They are in a Toyota Prius and the brakes do not work. Fate would have it that Bob's kids are aimed right at Cole. Barb, Chris, Bob's kids and grandkids all crash into Cole from opposing sides, with the explosion from the Toyota's battery being great enough it shakes the foundation of Cole's apartment, tipping his wife from the building and into the fiery blaze below, killing all involved.

In such an instance, who gets possession of Casa de Chandler and any other related assets?
 
yawning sneasel said:
In such an instance, who gets possession of Casa de Chandler and any other related assets?
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Because of legal principles invented in an entirely new legal case requiring specially imported judges, The Internet Itself inherits EVERYTHING and gets to set up a new country based on the ethos of Sonichu embodied as its new Constitution.
 
She will legitimately shit herself and do nothing after she dies.
 
When Barb dies Chris will see the error of his ways, switch his computer off and throw it in the bin. He will start a healthy regime of good food and exercise and seek therapy with a highly trained Cognitive Behavioural therapist. Realising he's not a woman he will don a pair of jeans and get a nice plain blue t-shirt and apply for several courier jobs utilising his drivers license. Finally sealing a delivery driving job with Fedex he will then move into his own 2 bedroom apartment which he will keep minimalistic after selling all his lego and computer games to pay for new white goods. Women in the local area will be impressed with the responsible new male in the neighbourhood, looking beyond his physical flaws, admiring his drive to maintain a reasonable standard of living. Within no time he will acquire a good looking boyfriend free girlfriend who will eventually give birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl named crystal. And they will all live happily ever after.

Either that or he will shit himself and watch MLP.
 
DanteOblong said:
Like they got in an agreement to kill each other when something terrible happens? Or Barb kills Chris in his sleep and then proceeds to kill herself while Cole observes the whole thing, smoking a cigarette and doing nothing to then say something along the lines of "I'm glad I didn't have to do it myself"?
:( That's dark...
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chris stands over the bloodied corpse of his mother, knife in hand.
chris looks at the angel with which he made this pact, and looks back at the corpse
"hmm, yeah. with her spirit in me, i can now become a true lady"
suddenly a white form is pulled from barb into chris.
upon contact there is a sound of wind blowing across the room, a bright blinding light.
chris shakes and trembles at the sensation of it all, but the angel holds him in place.
chris can already imagine what will happen when he finally finishes the pact, spending eternity in the Elysium that is cwcville
chris starts to cry.
"soon, my heartsweet..."
the thoughts of all the rosechus he will fondle, all the tribbing he will do with patti.
all the girlfriends who never left him.
the wind stops.
the light dims.
he feels the womanly glow of barb in him, next to the wisdom of bob.
he is now the trinity.
all he has to do is put the blade into him, just like the angel told him too.
"soon..."
but what's this?
soon a black mass of evil emanates from barb.
chris tries to run, but is still held by the angel.
chris cries out, but is silenced.
the angel puts a single finger where it's mouth should have been.
and suddenly... it's head spins 180 degrees... revealing a 4cent garbage mask
"TROLL!" chris yelps
the troll sprouts many arms and holds chris in place with more force than found in 100,000,000 chris-chan sonichus.
the black mass writhes over to chris and engulfs him.
----
"hmm, yeah. some #Hundreds Of Years may have passed. i dunno. them Evil #Trolls has been having Fun for Some Time, accelerating and autisting my Time-Sense. They made cartain I would Suffer Eternally and Could not do #Myself in. He left my Mind intect. I can #Dream, I can #Wonder, I can #Lament. Outwardly: dumbly, I Shamble about, a thing that could Never have been know as #Human, a Thing whose shape is so #Alian a Travesty that humanity becomes more Obscene for the Vague resemblance. Inwardly: #Alone. *sigh*
I have no #Vagina. And I must #Trib"
 
JFKdestroyer said:
No. Virginia's probate laws state that people without a will have all their property pass to their surviving spouse. If no surviving spouse, it passes to the deceased's children.

So if Chris and Barb died at the same time, Cole would inherit the Hoard and lots of unsold Sonichu medallions.
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ah, yea Ontario is the same, goes to spouse , if spouse is dead, then to the deceased children, and if no spouse or children, then it goes to living nieces and nephews, and if no living nieces and nephews, then it goes to the government that is my general understanding on Ontario's laws for wills
 
JFKdestroyer said:
No. Virginia's probate laws state that people without a will have all their property pass to their surviving spouse. If no surviving spouse, it passes to the deceased's children.

So if Chris and Barb died at the same time, Cole would inherit the Hoard and lots of unsold Sonichu medallions.
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Great. I'm guessing this also makes Cole the heir of the medallion Chris shoved up his ass, too. I bet he's really looking forward to that one.
 
It's been said before, but I think Chris will be able to at least survive. He is capable of shopping, driving, etc., and probably won't completely break down once it happens, lack of empathy and all that (he was fine when Bob died, and he liked him more). However, he will be far more independent than he was before, and that might lead to trouble later on. Barb's a shitty person, but she's also the only controlling factor in his life. Chris will be left entirely to his own devices after she dies, and might, say, fall too far into the gay scene and end up a sex slave to some Buffalo Bill-type for the rest of his days. Which is what Barb thinks will happen, and is completely unreasonable in its own right, but with someone like Chris it's better to be safe than sorry (in the butt).
 
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