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Please, For the Love of Grandma’s China, Don’t Let a Chatbot Write Your Will or Trust

Published on: 08/28/2026

Look, I get it. You’ve got a chatbot that can write a sonnet about your cat, debug your Python, and explain quantum entanglement in the voice of a pirate. Surely it can handle something as simple as “who gets the house when I die”?

Please, For the Love of Grandma’s China, Don’t Let a Chatbot Write Your Will or Trust

Congratulations, You’re Rich Enough to Die Comfortably (Probably)

Published on: 07/23/2026

Here’s the twist nobody tells you at cocktail parties: just because the IRS has chilled out doesn’t mean your estate plan gets to. In fact, “not owing estate tax” has quietly become the least interesting part of estate planning.

Congratulations, You’re Rich Enough to Die Comfortably (Probably)

Your Charity Doesn’t Need to Outlive Your Entire Family Tree

Published on: 06/15/2026

Let’s talk about something that makes estate planning attorneys quietly sigh into their coffee. You’ve done it. You’ve finally sat down with your estate planner, gotten the documents drafted, and—feeling like a genuinely good human being—you added a

Your Charity Doesn’t Need to Outlive Your Entire Family Tree

No Kids, No Problem-Estate Planning for the Gloriously Childfree

Published on: 04/13/2026

You don’t have a little Olivia or Noah to leave your house to. That’s fine – your cat doesn’t have a mortgage either. Here’s how to make sure your hard-earned assets go exactly where you want them, rather than wherever a probate judge decides over a lukewarm cup of courthouse coffee.