{"id":8054,"date":"2019-11-30T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=8054"},"modified":"2019-11-22T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:55:22","slug":"leave-nothing-to-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/leave-nothing-to-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAVE NOTHING TO YOUR CHILDREN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

As an estate planning attorney for more than 20 years I’ve seen just about every situation you can think of arise when it comes to dealing with family members and distributing estate assets. One of the questions that comes up regularly is whether a parent could actually leave nothing to their children. The short answer is yes. While this may seem harsh, there are a variety of reasons why this could be a good idea.<\/p>\n

For example, suppose that one of your children suffers from an addiction to alcohol or drugs, or gambling or some other issue. Even though you love your child, it would probably not be a good idea to leave money, property, and other valuable assets to this child after you pass away. If you were to do this, it would likely only make the addiction your child suffers worse.<\/p>\n

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