Estate Planning Experts Make a To-Do List for the Complete Estate Plan – A Mandelman Matters Podcast

By Mandelman

Most people would acknowledge that estate planning is important. After all, dying without a will is not a nice thing to do to your family. Termed dying “intestate,” when someone dies without a will, it’s the state that decides how that person’s assets are distributed, and it can take years before everything gets resolved. No one could want that to happen to whatever they own after they’re gone.

And yet, survey after survey has shown that at least half of American adults will pass away without a will. In 2007, a study conducted by Harris Interactive