{"id":8131,"date":"2020-06-18T07:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2020-06-16T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:04:41","slug":"how-confidential-are-your-estate-planning-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/how-confidential-are-your-estate-planning-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW CONFIDENTIAL ARE YOUR ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Over the past 21 years that I\u2019ve worked as an estate planning attorney I\u2019ve learned many things about how people feel and think about their estate plans. There have been hundreds of times I\u2019ve sat down with a client and with their children to discuss estate planning and in all of these conversations I point out to my clients that I actually represent them. Then, in front of the other people in the room which are usually the children, I ask my clients, who are usually the parents, for permission to discuss their estate planning issues, concerns, and documents while their children are in the room.<\/p>\n

There usually is not an issue with this. In most instances, the parents have brought their children because they want their children to help them make decisions or to simply be aware of what their estate plan is. However, as an attorney, I have both an ethical and a legal obligation to keep my clients\u2019 estate plans confidential.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Over the past 21 years that I\u2019ve worked as an estate planning attorney I\u2019ve learned many things about how people feel and think about their estate plans. There have been hundreds of times I\u2019ve sat down with a client and with their children to discuss estate planning […]<\/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-8131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nHOW CONFIDENTIAL ARE YOUR ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS? — Idaho Law Blog — June 18, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. 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