Murder becoming an inheritance fast-track?

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In the past, benefiting from an estate was generally a reactive status. More stories are surfacing, however, indicating proactive approaches being used to gain control of estates. Nefarious deeds are nothing new to inheritance tales, but the bold sense of entitlement accompanying today's acts illustrate America's further progression into becoming the Land of the Gimme-Gimmes and the Home of the I-Want-Mores. Looking at cases from Ohio, Maryland, Kansas and Florida, the lengths to which people will go to acquire the assets of others literally have no physical or moral bounds.

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Steve Gammill

Grand Junction, CO

You are right on! But there's lots that good planners can do in the battle. Learn clients' true goals and why; put those into the plan documents; same with their fears/concerns. Story based planning is the antidote to lots of ailments that pop up in estate planning.

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