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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=postcolor><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm currently researching cyronics as an option for
myself. I am interested in the current set of case law regarding cyronics as
well as the relationship between corporate and trust law and cyronics.</span></font></span><br>
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<span class=postcolor>In particular, I am interested in any links or
information regarding state and federal perpetuity laws, trust funds, corporate
holdings, and cyronics companys.</span><br>
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<span class=postcolor>These questions stem from thought exercises regarding the
transference of wealth in a pre and post-death environment. For example, if I
were to die or know that I was going to die, would it be possible to transfer
my personal wealth to a corporation held in part by myself and a cryonics
company. This corporation could operate under certain rules of conduct,
allowing the cryonics company to use the funds in certain situations. For
example, if the cryonics company were facing terminal financial ruin, they
would be able to access corporate funds to help stay in operation. (This would
apply to the maintenance of all the preserved, to protect me from litigation
upon revival. I.e.: if they can only use the funds to make sure my tank isn't
switched off, I could potentially be sued by the families of the preserved who
were switched off.) The cryonics company would then return control of the
holding company's assets upon my revival. Ideally, there would be some program
for the vesting of assets held by the company.</span><br>
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<span class=postcolor>I'm certain this kind of thinking isn't new, so I'm
curious what direction it's taken so far. I haven't found much by googling,
although I did discover the "Reanimation Foundation." They claim to
create personal trusts in Lichtenstein, which supposedly has no perpetuity
laws. I have no idea if this entity is solvent in 2005. Most references to them
are early 90s and refer to compuserve.com email addresses!</span><br>
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<span class=postcolor>Certainly, I would expect companies like Alcor to have
pursued research in this direction. It seems like a potential way to help
secure their company's survival, while also securing the future of those who
have chosen cyronic preservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=postcolor><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I suspect there are members of this list much more
experienced with the issues in question so any direction would be greatly
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=postcolor><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(I also posted this to ImmInst.org cryonics forum.)</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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