‘Wills’ or ‘Testaments’ Are Morbid, So Let’s Call Them a ‘Happy Siblings Trust’
Issamar Ginzburg recommends you write one today.
Excerpted from JPost:
I’m 32 years old, and I have a will. Not because I have a large estate, or anything complicated – but just because I have advised enough people to know how traumatic not having a will can be. While I’m no lawyer, I’ve worked with parents who wanted advice on how to ensure fair distribution of assets when the time comes, and I’ve also advised newly bereaved children from the finest families who suddenly find a wedge driven between them simply because a parent passed away. When money and assets were involved, too many things got in the way of the siblings being friends – something that could have been avoided if there had been a will.
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My will is quite short and simple. It merely says that my children each get an equal split of my assets, and that my wife is in charge of determining all that. It was kind of weird to write a will at my age. The witnesses were smirking. So what? It lays a certain feeling inside to rest, and it enables me to be able to focus on business and my clients.
