Top Reasons Not to Have an Estate Plan

Ohio attorney Marc L. Stolarsky has compiled a list entitled Top Ten Reasons For Not Getting An Estate Plan.  Here are a few of my favorites:

9. You can be sure to give a lot of your money to an heir who spends it on cool cars and extravagant vacations.

6. You don’t need peace of mind; who needs all that sleep anyway?

5. Because you’ll have to be filing many documents in probate court you can help to keep the paper makers in business and thin out the unsightly forests.

4. If you have jointly held property with someone you trust you can help them pay their debts when a collection agency attaches it.

3. All your personal information can become pubic record and will be read and gossiped about by your friends and neighbors for many years to come.

1. Your loved ones will be brought closer together as they fight over your personal property, like your recliner, cheap jewelry and complete collection of Doris Day records.