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Less than half of the population has a last will and testament. Ohio law provides a way to divide the property, or “estate,” left behind when a person dies without a will. Generally speaking, your estate will go to your spouse. Or, if you have no spouse, your estate will go to your children. If you have no children and…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. Inheritances – or, more precisely, who gets them – serve as the plot device for many a movie. Imagine, if you will, two hopeful heirs to a large family fortune. One heir coerces the elderly, not altogether there, relative to revise his will in order to disinherit the…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. While official statistics are difficult to find, it has been estimated that more than half of adult Americans have no will to specify how their assets are to be distributed upon death. Most people understand that a will is a good thing, a prudent thing. Regardless, too many…