{"id":8008,"date":"2019-08-01T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2019-08-01T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:21:23","slug":"estate-planning-back-to-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/estate-planning-back-to-the-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"ESTATE PLANNING: BACK TO THE BASICS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It happened again this weekend.\u00a0 I attended a block party for the members of our Home Owner\u2019s Association and met several new people that had recently moved into our neighborhood. Inevitably, after introductions were done \u201cthe\u201d question was asked: \u201cWhat do you do for a living?\u201d I answered that I am an attorney.\u00a0 \u201cWhat kind of law do you practice?\u201d My basic answer is almost always the same: \u201cI have the best job in the world. I get to help people do their estate planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once I have opened that door the discussion usually goes one of two directions.\u00a0 First, the other person usually says that they need to get their estate planning done and that they have been thinking about it for years.\u00a0 Second, the other person will tell me a story about what happened in their family or with a close friend who did not have their estate planning done. It is usually a vivid description of the all out war that followed the death of their loved one.<\/p>\n

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