Show Notes
The cost of not having an estate plan is rarely limited to one legal problem.
This episode explores how missing documents, outdated beneficiary decisions, frozen accounts, probate delays, lack of incapacity planning, and unclear authority create a cascade of financial and legal consequences for the people left behind. This episode shows why the true cost of no plan is cumulative, and why the burden of inaction is almost always transferred to the family at the worst possible time.
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