{"id":8025,"date":"2019-09-30T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=8025"},"modified":"2019-09-24T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:25:37","slug":"avoid-the-2-big-failures-in-your-own-estate-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/avoid-the-2-big-failures-in-your-own-estate-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"AVOID THE 2 BIG FAILURES IN YOUR OWN ESTATE PLANNING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/lane-v-erickson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n<p>As an estate planning attorney it is inevitable that I have seen every possible scenario you can imagine. This includes good things, bad things, and ugly things when it comes to estate planning, probates, family fights, distributions from an estate, and so forth. Each of these experiences has made an indelible impression on my mind about the importance of a person having their estate planning done.<\/p>\n<p>Through all those experience as I have come to learn that there really are two big failures that a person can have in their own estate planning that will likely have a monumentally negative effect on their family and loved ones after they pass away. The purpose of this article is to describe what these two failures are and what you can do to avoid them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/avoid-the-2-big-failures-in-your-own-estate-planning\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading AVOID THE 2 BIG FAILURES IN YOUR OWN ESTATE PLANNING\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney it is inevitable that I have seen every possible scenario you can imagine. 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