estate planning

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” and arguably one of the greatest singers of all time, recently passed away at age 76. Unfortunately, she joins a long line of wealthy people and celebrities (Prince, Howard Hughes, and James Brown among others) who did not have a will or estate plan in place.

Thinking about death, and what is going to happen to your family when it you pass away, is an uncomfortable topic for most people. Then, when you phrase it as “estate planning”, most people just say “well that is for wealthy people” and rationalize that they do not need to do it.