Trial and Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights
Can we learn anything about estate planning from Jimi Hendrix, Princess Di, and Sonny Bono? Yes!
Written by a husband-and-wife attorney team, Trial and Heirs offer a fascinating look at celebrity cases to illustrate important estate planning basics that are beneficial to anyone, regardless of celebrity status.
The protracted battle over Jimi Hendrix's estate is graphically shows the importance of having a will. Heath Ledger's will contest shows the important of keeping an estate plan up-to-date. Challenges to Marlon Brando's estate provides a great illustration of how disputes over assets get started. With these cases and many others as backdrop, the authors discuss the basics of wills, trusts, will contests, asset disputes, and estate administration. The book is an interesting and informative way to learn about many of the problems associated with estate planning and administration - most of which could be avoided with proper planning and periodic review of existing planning.
The authors, who also write a blog about celebrity disputes http://blog.trialandheirs.com/ ), stress how proper estate planning can help to avoid fights among family members. Each celebrity example includes an explanation of what could have been done differently. In addition, each chapter provides practical tips to "spark family discussion." Trial and Heirs is an entertaining way to learn the basics of estate planning.
Andrew Mayoras & Danielle Mayoras. Trial and Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights. Wise Circle Books. Long Beach, CA. 2009. 277 pages.
$19.95 from Amazon (click on book to order).
Written by a husband-and-wife attorney team, Trial and Heirs offer a fascinating look at celebrity cases to illustrate important estate planning basics that are beneficial to anyone, regardless of celebrity status.
The protracted battle over Jimi Hendrix's estate is graphically shows the importance of having a will. Heath Ledger's will contest shows the important of keeping an estate plan up-to-date. Challenges to Marlon Brando's estate provides a great illustration of how disputes over assets get started. With these cases and many others as backdrop, the authors discuss the basics of wills, trusts, will contests, asset disputes, and estate administration. The book is an interesting and informative way to learn about many of the problems associated with estate planning and administration - most of which could be avoided with proper planning and periodic review of existing planning.
The authors, who also write a blog about celebrity disputes http://blog.trialandheirs.com/ ), stress how proper estate planning can help to avoid fights among family members. Each celebrity example includes an explanation of what could have been done differently. In addition, each chapter provides practical tips to "spark family discussion." Trial and Heirs is an entertaining way to learn the basics of estate planning.
Andrew Mayoras & Danielle Mayoras. Trial and Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights. Wise Circle Books. Long Beach, CA. 2009. 277 pages.
$19.95 from Amazon (click on book to order).
Posted by Randy Coleman at 1/28/2011 12:48 PM 
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Categories: Estate Litigation, estate planning, Estate Planning, Probate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Will Contests, Probate, Wills and Probate
Tags: estate planning estate planning attorney estate planning lawyer estates and trusts Florida probate Jacksonville estate planning attorney Jacksonville probate attorney probate probate a will in Florida probate administration probate attorney probate court probate estate probate rules probate lawyer probate law probate litigation will contests wills and trusts wills attorney wills lawyer
What a clever book title. I may have to pick this one up and give it a read. I've always found the battle of Jimi Hendrix's estate so interesting. Hopefully this book show people how important having a will really is!
-John R.
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What better way to motivate people to think about estate planning than to illustrate the consequences celebrities paid by not planning. It's a tough subject (dealing with both death and taxes), but conveying it through the lives of famous people makes it fascinating. We can't all be rock stars, but we can plan for our future ...
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