Help Finding witnesses for will, body donation

[recordplayer]

Trying to make things as easy as possible for my family after I ctb, so I'm in the process of finalizing my will and registering for full-body donation. Being 18, healthy, and having a history of suicidality and suicide attempts, nobody in my life would be willing to sign these documents. I tried using an online notary service because the self-proving affidavit part of my will does require notarization, but the notary said that I'd have to bring in my own witnesses because they had to be sworn under oath, and the online witnesses couldn't do that. Does anyone have advice for getting things signed?

 

[_Gollum_]

Does your locality not recognize holographic wills? You don't need a witness for those.

In any case, when I got my do-not-resuscitate order signed, I used my coworkers as witnesses. Most people will just sign whatever without even looking at it. I just told them it was a government document I needed a witness for and they signed it.

 

[recordplayer]

Does your locality not recognize holographic wills? You don't need a witness for those.

In any case, when I got my do-not-resuscitate order signed, I used my coworkers as witnesses. Most people will just sign whatever without even looking at it. I just told them it was a government document I needed a witness for and they signed it.

Holographic wills aren't recognized in my state, I don't start working again until the fall and I'd rather ctb before moving out if I can. Might just find somewhere local that does notarizations and is busy enough to have 2 people around and willing to sign, tack the body donation form onto the will+self-proving affidavit.

 

[recordplayer]

Update in case anyone was curious: Went to the ups store, got a worker and a customer to be my wittnesses and they signed the body donation form with the will without batting an eye. Really not that bad.

 

[Renato]

I would like to donate my body but honestly I think that your organs could be of some utility only if your death meets certain criteria: in my case it would probably be through hanging, and I don´t think that when they will find me (several hours later if not days) I will still be suitable to donate, am I right?

 

[recordplayer]

I would like to donate my body but honestly I think that your organs could be of some utility only if your death meets certain criteria: in my case it would probably be through hanging, and I don´t think that when they will find me (several hours later if not days) I will still be suitable to donate, am I right?

Sorry about the late reply! Full body donation is for scientific/educational purposes, not medical ones, so your organs don't need to be in great shape as long as you're not decomposing. A lot of schools with body donation programs don't take bodies that have had autopsies performed, so I'd recommend leaving a clear note for police explaining the circumstances of your death, as well as contact information for the school you're planning to donate your body to if you haven't informed your next of kin or the person who will find your body of your donation plans.