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WHERE THERE'S: A WILL... Materialistic baby boomers have a dangerous tendency to fight over inheritances unless parents make their wishes very clear.
BY MYRIAM L'ABBEE
Visitors to Les Kotzer's website, www.familyfight.com, are invited to leave cautionary testimonies of their own experiences to enlighten others. Here are a few excerpts:
I am the youngest of four kids who really don't care for each other. My father owned his own company therefore has a few bucks. I just found out that the siblings have engraved their names on every bit of property inside my parents' home as well as the lake property for themselves...
Hi, my husband died 11 months ago and I find out that he make a testament in 1997 which he didn't tell me. Now his sister is the executor and she has the will and I ask her to show it to me. She said yes but she never did show it to me. Please can you tell me what to do...
My brother is a liar, a cheat and a thief. My parents trusted him and he took advantage of them. This is a kid I used to walk to school with. Who would have thought?
Hi there...I am an RN and have worked in palliative care, Alzheimer's care and mental health. I have heard/witnessed issues over wills and money that would make your hair fall out.
True tales from the family front
- Parents, children need to communicate their desires, expectations.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 11, 2003 700+ words
...his 60s wants to find himself. But the film resonated with Les Kotzer. He sees guys like Warren Schmidt all the time. Kotzer is...your kids are likely to be paying a visit to someone like Les Kotzer. ___ (Rick Shefchik writes for the Saint Paul Pioneer...
- A word on wills.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rosen, Steve August 12, 2002 700+ words
...family's situation? It certainly is altogether too real to Les Kotzer. As an estate planning lawyer in Canada, Kotzer has encountered...than trying to track down key financial information, says Les Kotzer, co-author of ``The Family Fight.'' Here's some...
- Parents, children need to communicate their desires, expectations.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Shefchik, Rick June 17, 2003 700+ words
...his 60s wants to find himself. But the film resonated with Les Kotzer. He sees guys like Warren Schmidt all the time. Kotzer is...your kids are likely to be paying a visit to someone like Les Kotzer. ___ (Rick Shefchik writes for the Saint Paul Pioneer...
- Planning can defuse fights over estates.(Features)(Homefront)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 21, 2002 700+ words
...writer of The Christian Science Monitor ED: ALL 08/21/2002 -- When the conversation turns to estate planning, lawyer Les Kotzer can tell stories. Horror stories, he calls them - all true, and most of them avoidable if families had talked more openly...
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Investor's Eye Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 26, 2002 700+ words
...their children with vague or inappropriate wills that assume too much cooperation. In fact, wills and estates attorneys Les Kotzer and Barry Fish have seen such bitter fighting between family members in their Toronto law office, they've written a book...
- Careful Estate Planning Can Keep Heirs from Arguing.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 25, 2003 700+ words
...trouble. "Never assume good will between your children, because they may have their own debts, their own mortgages," says Les Kotzer, a wills and estates lawyer in Toronto and co-author of The Family Fight: Planning to Avoid It. "Don't assume that...
- Even for the Middle Class, a Good Will Should Save Relationships, Not Taxes.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 14, 2002 700+ words
...raising the rent far higher than market rates and showing no compassion for their brother's ability to make a living, says Les Kotzer, a Toronto wills and estate lawyer. Though hardly as high-profile as the family warfare now surrounding tycoon Victor...
- ADVICE FOR MAKING A WILL THAT WORKS.(Life and Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) July 14, 2003 700+ words
...witnessed by people who stand to inherit). Other resources "The Family Fight: Planning To Avoid It," by Barry Fish and Les Kotzer, $19.95 (free shipping and handling if ordered before August). Available through www.familyfight.com or by calling...
Source: HighBeam Research, WHERE THERE'S: A WILL... Materialistic baby boomers have a dangerous...