Chapter 1. Why Should You Worry About Estate Planning?
Death. It isn’t the kind of thing that anyone likes to think about, much less discuss. Even an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, when its fictional character is “checking out,” is enough to make many of us well up with tears or cover our eyes and shudder. Death is morbid and distressing; it’s also a fact of life. We’ll all die one day. And then what?
That’s when things get really confusing and complicated. There’s much to do: paperwork, taxes, retirement plan rollovers, insurance policies, and more paper-work—not to mention lots of legal and financial mumbo jumbo. True, you could do nothing and let your loved ones deal with the mess when you’re gone. However, if you’re like most women, ...
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