Estate planning issues can be so perplexing and interesting that filmmakers often use them as the basis for movie plots. In the new movie, The Descendants, George Clooney plays Matt, a husband and father of two, who discovers his wife’s infidelity after she is left comatose following a boating accident. Along with tackling issues involving relationships, family, and death, the movie deals with estate planning issues pertaining to trustees, the rule against perpetuities, and ancestral lands.
Special thanks to Patrick Thiessen (Denver, CO) and Ann Murphy (Professor of Law, Gonzaga University School of Law) for bringing this to my attention.
