Summer Hours

Why it is important to have a will? Change name Death is brutal; it comes when we least expect it. Despite common knowledge that death is inevitable, we do little or nothing at all to prepare our loved ones for a life without us after we’re gone. Virtually everyone postpones writing a Will. Maybe it’s because we don’t want such a tangible reminder of our mortality. Or perhaps we view the process as relinquishing the ownership of our property. Whatever the excuse may be for putting off the drafting of a Will, many people do not realize that writing one prevents what is feared. In fact, a Will may be the most important document that you ever write, because it allows you to select the persons who will receive what you own when you die. If you don’t have one in place, you cannot select the recipients of your property and the state you reside in will determine how your property is divided. No one wants to talk about death, but it’s much easier to handle your probate issues while you are living than when you’re deceased. In “Summer Hours” Helene
But Frederic believes that his siblings will want to keep it. He is wrong. His sister is getting married to her boyfriend and is going to stay in New York, his brother, Jeremie, has been offered a promotion in Hong Kong. They both want to sell the house. They are all sorry they could not keep and maintain the house.
Naturally, the inevitable happens sooner rather than later, and, in a scene that is the heart of the film, the re-gathered siblings engage in spirited discussion as, balancing reasons of practicality with those of emotion, they wrestle with the question of what should be done with the house.
A Will’s importance is clear regardless of any personal situation. Without a Will, you have no input about the distribution of your property after your death or the persons involved in administering the