The Will Isn’t the Risk—The People Are

Most clients worry about whether their Will is “done right.” But in my experience, that’s not what breaks a plan.

It’s not the wording. It’s not the form. It’s the people.

The sibling who pushes the executor. The child who wants more. The second spouse who never liked the first set of kids. The nephew who promises to be the executor and “take care of everything” and disappears.

Even a perfect plan on paper can fail if it ignores how people actually behave when someone dies—emotional, scared, greedy, confused, entitled. Death and money are a terrible mix.

That’s why I plan for the real risks. Not just the legal ones.

I ask the questions most people avoid. Not to make things harder, but to stop things from falling apart later.

A Will is just a tool. The outcome depends on who’s holding it.

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This site shares real-world insights from my work as an estate planning lawyer. It’s not legal advice, I'm not your lawyer, and it won’t cover every situation. But it will show you what tends to go wrong—and what usually holds up.