{"id":4632,"date":"2016-06-10T22:52:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2016-06-10T22:52:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:52:56","slug":"will-decide-estate-plan-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/will-decide-estate-plan-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Decide What Your Estate Plan Will Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Most clients I work with on their Estate Planning are shocked to learn that everyone has an Estate Plan, even when they have done nothing. There really are no exceptions to this. In Idaho, like most every other state, written statutes create a default Estate Plan for anyone who has not created one for themselves.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">While this may seem intrusive, the reason the government has a default Estate Plan for you is because the law recognizes that when a person passes away, many people may make a claim to the decedent\u2019s property. To avoid the potential chaos that could result from this problem, and to stop those that are unscrupulous, the law has created a systematic default Estate Plan for the distribution of a person\u2019s belongings when they die. This is called the Law of Intestacy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4630 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Probate-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Probate\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Probate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Probate-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Probate.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Essentially, if you die without a written Will, or Estate Plan, you die &#8220;Intestate.&#8221; If you don\u2019t have a written Will as part of your Estate Plan then Idaho\u2019s &#8220;intestacy&#8221; statutes and laws will automatically create an Estate Plan for you that determines who will receive your property when you die. In other words, if you don\u2019t create an Estate Plan for yourself, the government has a default plan for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/will-decide-estate-plan-will\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Who Will Decide What Your Estate Plan Will Be?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most clients I work with on their Estate Planning are shocked to learn that everyone has an Estate Plan, even when they have done nothing. There really are no exceptions to this. In Idaho, like most every other state, written statutes create a default Estate Plan for anyone who has not created one for themselves. 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