Monthly Archives: March 2024
Cats Don’t Want To Inherit Money, But They Do Want Someone To Clean Their Litter Box After You Are Gone
The old adage goes that a sloppy estate plan is better than none at all. Despite this, if you write your will without consulting a lawyer, the probate court will follow the instructions in your will to the letter, even if doing this has unintended consequences. For example, if you wrote your will before… Read More »
Learning From The Estate Planning Mistakes Of Celebrities
Even though it seems like celebrities face a completely different set of problems from the rest of us, we can’t stop being curious about them; this idea has endured through supermarket tabloid magazines, reality television, and the era of Internet celebrities. Death is the great equalizer, though. The same estate laws apply whether you… Read More »
Estate Planning When Life Is An Endless Series Of Crises
Matthew Erskine of the Wealth Management website writes that most professional estate planners’ approaches fall into one of two categories, which he calls the hedgehog style and the fox style. Hedgehogs excel in making careful predictions, considering all possible outcomes and determining which one is the most likely to occur, and then taking actions… Read More »
Without Witness Signatures, Your Will Is Nothing But A Bucket List Afterparty Setlist
The hardest part of estate planning is getting started. Once you type your will into a Word document and print it out, you feel a great sense of relief. Now, you have put your wishes in writing, so your family will not have to guess or argue about them. Of course, your printout isn’t… Read More »