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By Jeff08 Moore08
 ESTATE AND FAMILY PLANNING
The objective of estate or family planning is to minimize taxes, reduce or eliminate probate and to maximize the beneficiary's estate, apart from reducing family conflicts, misunderstandings and rivalry in the future.
Without proper planning sibling rivalry and issues regarding the distribution of property will intensify. It is important to overcome negative outcomes such as family members not speaking to one another, lawsuits, or strained relationships through estate planning in advance.
It is also very necessary to consider such human factors as to where to begin discussion. The owner has the ultimate right to decide what is to be done with the property, hence all legal aspects of ownership needs to be clarified. Once it becomes clear as to who owns what, where and to what extent it will help to transfer the property smoothly before or after death. Problems can arise if the owner does not accept the right of owner ship and with it the responsibility of property transfer.
Sometimes children can forget who owns the property and at times, the |
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