As much as I enjoy writing about celebrity Estate Planning gone wrong, and less often, right, occasionally, a court opinion catches my attention. That’s particularly true when the decision will have lasting implications for Estate Planning. This blog returns to the basic lessons about amending a Trust. In an increasingly litigious world, disgruntled beneficiaries feel emboldened to fight for what they think is theirs. It doesn’t always work out in their favor, especially when they base their argument on a “technicality.” Read on to learn more.
Michael J. O’Brien is a practicing attorney and a founding partner of Cleveland-based The O’Brien Law Firm LLC. Mr. O’Brien’s firm emphasizes estate and trust planning and administration, probate, corporate planning, family business, family limited partnership and charitable trust and private family foundation planning Read More!
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