by admin | May 22, 2015 | estate planning
We recently had several posts on accidental disinheritance. In those posts, we talked about how estate plans in Kansas City were affected by the beneficiary designations. Specifically, how easy it is to create a good legacy plan and then have it completely...
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 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 26, 2015 | estate planning
6. Disinheritance by creating wills that mirror each other. There are times when married individuals have their wills prepared, the lawyer will draft one. Then, that lawyer will create another one that looks exactly the same as that one, but for the other spouse. It...
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,...
