{"id":5314,"date":"2016-10-06T20:21:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2016-10-06T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:21:14","slug":"specific-will-charitable-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/specific-will-charitable-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Be Specific In Your Will About Charitable Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">The story is well-known by now because it&#8217;s been all over the news. Apparently a former librarian named Robert Morin who worked at the University of New Hampshire library passed away. In his Last Will and Testament he left a $4 million gift to the school. The University of New Hampshire used $100,000 from the gift to go to the library where Robert worked. The controversy arose because the University chose to use $1 million from the gift to pay for a new electronic scoreboard for the football field.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Many individuals in the community and around the nation are upset that a larger gift was not used by the University for the library. As the facts have come to light Robert\u2019s last will and testament specifically designated that $100,000 would go to the library. However, Robert did not designate specifically how the remaining money should be used by the University. As a result, the University was free to spend $1 million from the gift for the electronic scoreboard despite what others thought should be done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/specific-will-charitable-gifts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why You Should Be Specific In Your Will About Charitable Gifts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson The story is well-known by now because it&#8217;s been all over the news. Apparently a former librarian named Robert Morin who worked at the University of New Hampshire library passed away. In his Last Will and Testament he left a $4 million gift to the school. 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