{"id":6263,"date":"2017-03-15T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2017-03-15T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:23:02","slug":"3-bad-reasons-treating-children-differently-idaho-estate-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-bad-reasons-treating-children-differently-idaho-estate-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Bad Reasons For Treating Your Children Differently in Your Idaho Estate Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n

As an Idaho estate planning attorney I’ve seen all kinds of clients come into my office with questions about their Idaho estate planning. One thing that I find troubling is when parents begin discussing how to make distributions to their children in an unequal way based on what I considered to be arbitrary or silly reasons. To be clear, each individual is entitled to make whatever decisions they choose in their estate planning. This could even include the drastic act of disinheriting a child if a parent chooses to do so. However, I usually have frank discussions with my clients about their decisions to make sure that they fully understand the ramifications of what they are doing. One of the discussions that I have often with my clients is about creating a plan of unequal distributions among their children. Here are what I consider to be 3 bad reasons for treating your children differently in your Idaho estate planning.<\/p>\n

1. YOUR CHILD\u2019S SPOUSE<\/p>\n

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