Friday, March 05, 2010 Press Coverage of Estate Planning this Week (Mar. 5, 2010)
Deborah L. Jacobs of the New York Times writes about the advantages of parents discussing their estate plan with their children, including being able to head off disagreements among children, and even some surprises about children wanting less than the parents intended to give them. See Estate Planning as a Family Conversation (Mar. 3, 2010).
Ashlea Ebeling of Forbes highlights a recent survey finding that more than half of Americans do not have any estate planning in place, and discusses some of the reasons people give for not planning ahead. See Americans Lack Basic Estate Plans (Mar. 1, 2010).
Nolan Baker and Mark Clair write in the Toledo Free Press about the differences between wills and trusts, and what factors go into choosing one approach over the other. See A Will? Or a Trust? (Mar. 5, 2010). |