Continuing our November Hoosier Estate Planning focus on celebrity estate planning mistakes, today we talk about providing guardianship provisions for minor children... Anna Nicole Smith’s heirs argued over the care of her daughter. Failure to choose the correct...
Month: November 2015
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – Not Anticipating Challenges
This November, many of our Hoosier Estate Planning blog posts are devoted to highlighting estate planning pitfalls to avoid. Some big mistakes made by celebrities help make the point… Not every plan follows the usual pattern of leaving assets to family members and...
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – Trying DIY
This month in our Hoosier Estate Planning blog, we’re highlighting pitfalls to avoid by recalling some big mistakes made by celebrities… Ten years ago, when Chief Justice Warren Burger died, his estate was worth $1.8 million. There’s something to be said for brevity,...
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – Conflicting Directions
We’re devoting several of our Hoosier Estate Planning blogs this month to estate planning mistakes made by celebrities. We hope our clients learn from these stories and avoid making those same mistakes. In his will, famous baseball player Ted Williams said he wished...
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – No Updating
As a way of helping our clients learn from other’s mistakes, we’re devoting several of our blog posts this month to describe estate planning pitfalls by recalling some big mistakes made by celebrities. Unlike music legend Jimi Hendrix, who died at 27 without a...
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – Missing Will
We can all learn from our mistakes, but it’s better to learn from others’ mistakes, I think you’ll agree. This month in our Hoosier Estate Planning blog, we’re learning about pitfalls to avoid by recalling some big estate planning mistakes made by celebrities....
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid – No Will
Music legend Jimi Hendrix was only 27 when he died. It’s always tragic when someone loses his life at such a young age; in Hendrix’s case, his death was also a financial tragedy for his close brother, Leon. Why? Jimi died without a will, and, under California state...
Is It Financially Smart for Older Couples to Marry? Maybe!
“Meet with an elder care attorney to see what your options are,” personal finance author Jane Bryant Quinnrecommends, referring to the question of whether marriage is a good financial move for older couples. Saying “I do”, Quinn points out, is the key to accessing...