Online legal resources have created several ways to make simpler estate plans though often without a personal touch or attention to detail. Many clients’ needs may not be as complex as others, so $150 packages from Legal Zoom could satisfy their basic requirements. Others with family business, assets that need to be protected by trusts, and a desire to circumvent probate will require a more experienced attorney or a team of other professionals that can craft a product to satisfy every realm of possibility and need.
See Darla Mercado, How to Protect Your Family Beyond Death — Without Losing Your Shirt, CNBC, April 26, 2018.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.) for bringing this article to my attention.
