Probate ItemsSep 5, 2025Estates, Probate, and Trusts, ohmy! I learned from an estate resolution attorney this week that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispute a will, and this does not guarantee that the judge will see the world according to the client. Yikes!Let that sink in for a moment: if you want to fight with your family over money you did not earn, the lawyer will be able to send their child(ren) to college all because sisters and brothers and aunts and uncles and cousins feel that they “deserve” more.What if everyone around the table knew the accounting before the estate settlement process so that, when it is time to grieve, we could experience one of the most human and necessary rituals together as a family rather than bicker with each other? What if the passing of a matriarch or patriarch brought the family together rather than arguing about the curtains?What if we could help ourselves now so that it is calmer later? What if we could move our family, forward…
Probate ItemsSep 5, 2025Estates, Probate, and Trusts, ohmy! I learned from an estate resolution attorney this week that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispute a will, and this does not guarantee that the judge will see the world according to the client. Yikes!Let that sink in for a moment: if you want to fight with your family over money you did not earn, the lawyer will be able to send their child(ren) to college all because sisters and brothers and aunts and uncles and cousins feel that they “deserve” more.What if everyone around the table knew the accounting before the estate settlement process so that, when it is time to grieve, we could experience one of the most human and necessary rituals together as a family rather than bicker with each other? What if the passing of a matriarch or patriarch brought the family together rather than arguing about the curtains?What if we could help ourselves now so that it is calmer later? What if we could move our family, forward…
Estates, Probate, and Trusts, ohmy! I learned from an estate resolution attorney this week that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispute a will, and this does not guarantee that the judge will see the world according to the client. Yikes!Let that sink in for a moment: if you want to fight with your family over money you did not earn, the lawyer will be able to send their child(ren) to college all because sisters and brothers and aunts and uncles and cousins feel that they “deserve” more.What if everyone around the table knew the accounting before the estate settlement process so that, when it is time to grieve, we could experience one of the most human and necessary rituals together as a family rather than bicker with each other? What if the passing of a matriarch or patriarch brought the family together rather than arguing about the curtains?What if we could help ourselves now so that it is calmer later? What if we could move our family, forward…
Estates, Probate, and Trusts, ohmy! I learned from an estate resolution attorney this week that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispute a will, and this does not guarantee that the judge will see the world according to the client. Yikes!
Let that sink in for a moment: if you want to fight with your family over money you did not earn, the lawyer will be able to send their child(ren) to college all because sisters and brothers and aunts and uncles and cousins feel that they “deserve” more.
What if everyone around the table knew the accounting before the estate settlement process so that, when it is time to grieve, we could experience one of the most human and necessary rituals together as a family rather than bicker with each other? What if the passing of a matriarch or patriarch brought the family together rather than arguing about the curtains?
What if we could help ourselves now so that it is calmer later? What if we could move our family, forward…