If you were married to someone or someones parents or somthing close and that person died,is it normal for a p

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If you were married to someone or someones parents or somthing close and that person died,is it normal for a person or would you look through that persons safe or personal computer contents? (somehow break in or decrypt password)

Answer 1

What???????

Answer 2

Only if you are the next of kin, and responsible for all bills and matters left behind! Other wise, it would not only be wrong, illegal, but also in bad taste!

Answer 3

If you were married to someone and they died, then you'd probably have to look through their personal posessions for some things.  You might need birth certificates and bank details and all sorts.  But if you were married to them, then surely you'd have access to all this anyway.

If it was your parents then the same deal - if you're next of kin then it's OK for you to go through their stuff.

Someone elses parents or family or a friend of yours then no, you probably shouldn't unless you're named as trustee in their will or you're living together and nobody else is there to do it, or you do happen to be next of kin through marriage or something like that.

But your question isn't particularly clear.  Has someone died?  do you need to get into their personal posessions?  If you absolutely need to get into their computer then go for it, but I can't see why you would need to - unless the only copies of their birth certificate and stuff are scanned and saved onto their PC.  But then again, if you were going to sell posessions of a person and that included a PC, you wouldn't want to do that with their info still stored on it, so then i could see why you might need to get access to it.

Answer 4

yup

Answer 5

Only if it is a "legally" married spouse.  Other than that it called breaking and entering and is going to head who ever does it into a great big court battle.  Just a word to the wise....computers keep a track of every single stroke of a computer which is done on them...if some does try to "hack" or "decrypt" a password, all that is done to figure it out is right there on the hard drive and can easily be detected if need be.  No one, aside from the Executor of the Will and the Attorney has any rights to be opening anything or reading anything in advance.  It's illegal and a very dangerous game to play.

Peace & Love  :)

Answer 6

You are not making much sense, but if you are talking about hacking into a computer to gain personal information on a dead person, in order to steal from the dead, then your answer is a solid, NO. No one is entitled to rob the dead. Even the dead who have no written or legal wills, must still have their assets processed through something called Probate court. The court will designate an executor to oversee the assets of the deceased and distribution of the deceased's assets to the closest living relative(s). That's the law in most, if not all states.

Answer 7

of course not- that's illegal!

Answer 8

i would dance in the rain, run with scissors, play with matches, then sing so loud the neighbors complained... jk... idk what you're asking... clarify!!!!!!

Answer 9

No I would never do that.. I am married.. if something happened to my husband I definitely would not try to decrypt his password.. and if I look in his safe.. there will be zero money in there only debts for me to pay.. and I have no right to looking in his parents safe.. If someone I knew who was well off, and I know no such person, then i hope he or she made a will and left it with his or her solicitor.. so then i would find out if i inherited something...

Answer 10

Well, if my Hus died, I would need information to file papers and pay our bills, so I'd be in the safe and anything else in our house. It is MY house and safe and PC, too.

Answer 11

"were married"?  you mean your Ex---  Since you weren't designated as executor, the PC or safe could be rigged to burn your hands....or worse.

Answer 12

If there is info in there that may pertain to settling the estate or involve the deceased wishes for the remains, it would be the responsibility of the executor or legal power of attorney to arrange to view it.

Answer 13

lol...is this a question...or what?

Answer 14

OMG no, that's not normal!

Answer 15

uuuhhhhh!!! i thought that the lawyers took care of that. Why would you wanna do that if no one asked you too. Let some one else handle that for you. If you was suppose to get something, then the right person will give it to you. Plus ask youself, would you want someone to do this to you. Please think it through.

Answer 16

that is rude they just died!

Answer 17

No why would i need to look at things on their computer as long as I know their wishes for what they want done like with their funeral arrangements etc then I don't need to look and decode stuff on their computer

Answer 18

I don't know What do you think?

Dead is dead?

Answer 19

I am not sure I understand this question.

Answer 20

Depends on the person who died. If it was a spouse then yes, for personal info. you may need later. If it was an in law then no. It isn't any of your business.

Answer 21

its not right and so d**n cold but it sure is normal and more normal than u'd think too

Answer 22

The safe,yes of course.The pc,no.

Answer 23

What are you talking about?  But if i was married to a person and i need something in their computer. i would crack the code or pick the lock to a safe or blow it open.  If they were no longer around.

Answer 24

Most likely

Answer 25

If you are the heir, then yes, otherwise no.

Answer 26

First, just EXACTLY what is it you THINK you want?

Not nosy, just trying to figure on your question,.......

what is YOUR relation to this 'some' or 'someone's parent' or something close'.

I would only want in to delete all history and take them off the 'log in' partner thing.

Answer 27

only to settle any unfinished business that they might have had. dont take anything, its wrong, but also because it might be in their will

Answer 28

Your sentence is really confusing.  Are you asking about what you would do if, say, your husband died and you needed information in his computer?  Yes, if he's dead than feel free to muck about in his belongings and information all you want to.  In fact you should because you will need this information to settle his affairs.

If this is some relative of your spouse than "no" it is not alright to get into his computer or belongings unless asked to by his close relatives (spouse, children, parents).  This could even be considered "breaking and entering" (illegal) if his relatives find out.

If the person who died is someone other than your spouse or child ask the executor of the estate before you get into the dead persons personal affects.

Answer 29

Yes. That person has the rights to do so because he or she is the person's spouse. Unless, the person's spouse inherited it to someone else.