{"id":592661,"date":"2026-05-19T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:19:10","slug":"your-estate-plan-might-be-worthless-the-moment-you-need-it-most-law-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592661\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Estate Plan Might Be Worthless the Moment You Need It Most &#8211; Law.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQSTlmd3htalRReEVxZ09XTENCY0NSXzBtRm1qaUxUbl9xb3NsVmc0dUJLOUpFX0hibWhkNlBoX09sN1pqRndteEVMRW11M1B0OUIxQlZSR2toNXo1d1RCZHpEaHh2WkhRa2U3cDZ6S2ZKTzQwV3JNVHNFLTBsVGR2TUxTaEJ6Qnd1bW5mMVh3aWZtZ3U1NkxmSVFNbm5wdnkwZG9NbXdFWjZYUjFVZmdJWW9uOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Your Estate Plan Might Be Worthless the Moment You Need It Most<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Law.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxNNnVNV0ZmbWZuUXhwRlNlMUw3ZnRJQlVtOERkUzV1cVp3UTBvWC1wMDRMdGNGOUc0U3EyOU5nVmU3ZEpTWGE4dzdxZmVIWFBFNkpLMy14QlBEZWxZNDhWbm5Dei1iOFMyUjZhdm1QdGF6cnd6a1RkVmUwRTdPbXhDakFDRFlLS21FX0M4aURmNFVoU0dxUUg0c0ZndV9JdmswdC1tS3NJVmZRN2JzTFE0SEs1NjNFVU5ENFp3ZTNnWDlyYmVxNjA4b0xmbVZYeTh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contested estates are becoming more common &#8211; the financial cost to families isn&#8217;t talked about enough<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Today&#8217;s Wills and Probate<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxQWlZhVXk1Vm92c05fbEhkcVZxQUZsYkxNQlVJMHRlUWk1Z05KYzVXaGtSLW9vUEF4MFZTd3p3U2JwYzQwVERGTXFveVZOakNwZGFGZnNBRHRadmJURG9mZTg1NTBfQmJIYVlBbk1FVjFhbklnd0F1My1MU0RmdnlGdGZwODVIMk1HLVpxWU1hb2p2VUVhb1Bvb3FNNW1sNmJoeThNdW0ycEVKSHpmZ1RteVpYYzRseGJKeW9Fc1Y0aUYzUHJnQjhaV01MTWY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local Attorney John Levy shares why DIY estate planning could result in costly mistakes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KEYE<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOOGlmZE1aLWthY3hULUNjaWJBSHRNamFuWGhsU0huX0c4MVZBR0RHSUlMeUlNYm1kVmlzYW43cXdrMmZNR0NpcklSWjVaZXk5SV9FOVFjbkJQd21pUnBObUFnZGllQW5hTDlaN1pUVHRCeldobXRuUFhwYTNoeGJiUllKOWtiVFM1am1rVnEwdHNqV25XbzN6OHlBbUszVlBSVlE2dFZ5d2Z1U2RzUTg2Ng?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Harney, Financial Planning: Misconceptions around estate planning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Monterey Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxOTmVfYWplRHQ0YUhrNU1DQXk3MldOSUFIcHBvbFR3RnhVc2UzTHFMTXUxa0tBZm9yaHZjcHNGOGJQMnFBNWZ4VFBuTFdVUVRlM1pUajlYeW5pbE1UUC1DaFpTVGxRdXprak5IRjVEUF9fWU1zRDgxM29GTlVSc2pkYmpHNTJXOXRqZ3U3MXFjS3ZjTkVLbW41X05GY0tMbGtFaE9yTXdCYk5QSGE1TFI5cmJwNkJHekkxUHcyRE1Xa2FpRXhsSjQycXQydU9PX2lUZDNaN1czbnVwYkpwMEtnQ0k0SmRvSGxPR0FBSFRUUmxqamlPdUJ2ajlFMjdIWE1VdFVHUDZiQTliWEs1NnpRbjUtR0lnQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Focus: Four estate planning myths that could cost your family<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Rome News-Tribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your Estate Plan Might Be Worthless the Moment You Need It Most&nbsp;&nbsp;Law.comContested estates are becoming more common &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-592661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}