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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Best Laid Plans, a Probate Lawyer’s Hope

Clients speak in future tense and contingency plans. No one weeps. 
Papers rustle over imagined grave sites. Tension swallowed down. 
They shirk instructions, afraid of losing control.

How quickly living breath turns dying death and the body corpses cold. 
They nod and focus.We craft provisions to teach others how we wish to be treated. Words inked on every page, hung to dry. 

Lives prepared, memorialized.
Death with dignity.

 /s/____________________________




Image: Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will, (1820) David Wilkie 
(Public domain) 
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  1. costlulesFebruary 22, 2015 at 10:58 PM

    The Personal Representative will certify to the Trustee that there aren't enough belongings within the property to pay for these items, listing the objects to be paid, and that money is required from the Trust to satisfy these obligations.

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