January gets all the credit for fresh starts. We buy new planners, make resolutions, clean out closets, swear we’re going to drink more water, and convince ourselves that this is the year we’re finally going to become the kind of person who remembers to bring reusable bags into the grocery store. And then January happens....Read More

When I heard about Tenisha Warner’s lawsuit, my first thought wasn’t about the celebrity angle. It was: I’ve seen this before. Not the exact same story, but the same estate planning gap. A family where the right intentions were there. Where conversations happened. Where commitments were put in writing. And where, according to the complaint,...Read More

A family called me after their mother died. She had a will that was properly signed and perfectly valid. However, it didn’t tell anyone who had legal authority to care for her minor children in those first critical days, who could handle financial matters while her estate was being settled, or how she wanted her...Read More

How to have the estate planning conversation with the people you love without making it weird. There’s a phrase most of us remember from decades past: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.” It was simple, direct, and it worked, because it reframed a difficult conversation as an act of friendship, not judgment. The same logic...Read More