More than one estate has boiled down to a fight over tangible personal property. Sometimes even if it lacks monetary value, it holds tremendous emotional significance for the beneficiaries. Maybe they remember Mom wearing a string of fake pearls or the no-name watch that Dad wore with pride. Things become more heated; however, when tangible personal property has value. Passing it on to beneficiaries requires a plan both during life and after death. 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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