My father in Law took occasion to share with me some sad news. He told me of a man that he had known personally, who was now dead. He had committed suicide. He explained to me that this death was a shock to everyone who knew him. His reasons for committing suicide were unclear and the family was left to deal with the results. His wife was distraught over the act, and was left to question the relationship, the family left behind and everything in their lives. While this created stress and hardship, there were other issues. You see the man had two families. He had divorced years earlier and the remarried. He had children to his first marriage and also to his second. What increased the stress at this difficult time was the fact that the man did not have a will. He did not have anything in place to protect and preserve his current wife and children. He stated that the current wife had come to see him. She was not only suffering grief from the loss of her husband, but the first wife had begun proceedings to secure the man’s inheritance. My father in law used this…
