{"id":5659,"date":"2016-11-01T09:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2016-11-01T09:30:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:30:45","slug":"4-biggest-estate-planning-mistakes-made-everyday-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/4-biggest-estate-planning-mistakes-made-everyday-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes Made by Everyday People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">In the many years that I&#8217;ve worked as an estate planning attorney, I have met a variety of people. I find that most people are generally interested in getting their estate planning done, but don&#8217;t know how to get started. I&#8217;ve also found that completing your estate planning is one of those items that seems important but is always pushed lower on the To Do List by more pressing matters. Here are the 4 biggest estate planning mistakes that I have found are made by everyday people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">1. THINKING THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO GET IT DONE LATER<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/4-biggest-estate-planning-mistakes-made-everyday-people\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The 4 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes Made by Everyday People\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney In the many years that I&#8217;ve worked as an estate planning attorney, I have met a variety of people. I find that most people are generally interested in getting their estate planning done, but don&#8217;t know how to get started. I&#8217;ve also found that completing your estate planning is one [&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-5659","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>The 4 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes Made by Everyday People|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about completing or updating your Estate Plan, we can help. 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