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- From: lkk@panix.com (Larry Kolodney)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: wanted: opinions on d
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.170701.10743@panix.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 17:07:01 GMT
- References: <1992Dec25.1297.22237@execnet>
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- In <1992Dec25.1297.22237@execnet> "hilary miller" <hilary.miller@execnet.com> writes:
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- [do-it-yourself wills]
-
- > As an experienced practitioner of trusts and estates, I am
- > unalterably opposed to them. If you have enough assets to
- > worry about a will, you can afford an attorney to draft one
- > for you. If he screws up, your heirs can collect on his
- > malpractice insurance.
-
-
- I seem to recall from one of my recent bar exams (NY or MASS) that at
- least in some states, a laywer who prepares a will owes no duty to the
- heirs, only to the maker. Thus, if a problem comes up after the death
- of the maker, the heirs have no cause of action. (Although the estate
- might have a cause of action, the mistake of the laywer may have
- accidentially disinherited a potential heir, without harming the
- estate).
-
- Anyone know more about this?
-
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- larry kolodney:(lkk@panix.com)
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