by admin | May 12, 2015 | estate planning
Disinheriting someone is not something that most people want to do. Unfortunately, it does happen more often than I would like to admit. We have had clients over the years come in and try and figure out why they didn’t get anything from their parents...
by admin | May 12, 2015 | estate planning
When most people think of accidental disinheritance, they naturally think of a faulty will. In this case, many people have neglected to create a valid will in their local jurisdiction. This can occur, many times, when they use an online will-creation...
by admin | May 6, 2015 | estate planning
Another way to disinherit your children is through a second marriage A typical way for people to disinherit their children is through a second marriage. In part 4, we talked about joint tenancy. Another way is through estate planning, but just not fully...
by admin | May 5, 2015 | estate planning
Not Understanding Survivorship Clauses This is probably the most common cause of accidental disinheritance – the usage of joint survivorship clauses. Here is the most common scenario: Robert is married to Carole and they have two children, Mike and Mark....
by admin | Apr 18, 2015 | estate planning
You can accidentally disinherit those persons that you want to get your stuff. This is part 7 in the series – failure to prepare a will. 7. Disinheritance by failure to prepare a will. Lots of people over the years have inadvertently disinherited loved ones,...