{"id":5064,"date":"2016-08-30T17:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2016-08-30T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T17:09:25","slug":"5-reasons-to-complete-your-estate-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/5-reasons-to-complete-your-estate-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons to Complete Your Estate Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane Erickson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most people spend more time planning their vacation or where to eat out than they do their Estate Planning. \u00a0Others simply think that they don\u2019t have any wealth or assets to warrant thinking about Estate Planning. The reality though, is that Estate Planning isn&#8217;t only for the smart of the rich. Without a plan in place, there could be a long-lasting impact on yourself and loved ones.\u00a0 Here are 5 reasons to complete your Estate Planning now.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> You can Plan and Prepare for Your Own Potential Disability<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/5-reasons-to-complete-your-estate-planning\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 5 Reasons to Complete Your Estate Planning\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane Erickson Most people spend more time planning their vacation or where to eat out than they do their Estate Planning. \u00a0Others simply think that they don\u2019t have any wealth or assets to warrant thinking about Estate Planning. The reality though, is that Estate Planning isn&#8217;t only for the smart of the rich. Without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Reasons to Complete Your Estate Planning|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane Erickson Most people spend more time planning their vacation or where to eat out than they do their Estate Planning. \u00a0Others simply think that &#8212; August 30, 2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/5-reasons-to-complete-your-estate-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"5 Reasons to Complete Your Estate Planning|Racine Olson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Lane Erickson Most people spend more time planning their vacation or where to eat out than they do their Estate Planning. \u00a0Others simply think that &#8212; 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