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Not Friends

 
anistonJennifer Aniston’s recently deceased mother allegedly left Aniston out of her will. Even though Aniston reportedly supported her mother in recent years, her mother left her personal belongings and condo to another unidentified relative. Aniston and her mother had been estranged for years and had only somewhat reconciled two weeks before the mother’s death.
 
Several very brief points:
 
1. Aniston’s mother was not required to leave any assets to Aniston by law. She may leave them to whomever she chooses.
 
2. Aniston certainly does not need any of her mother’s money.
 
3. Like any 40-something year old, it is doubtful that Aniston would want/need any of her mom’s tsochktes.
 
4. It is refreshing to read an article about Aniston that does not involve pregnancy speculation although it does mention Brad Pitt.
 

Back From California

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Just returned from a four days in California Wine Country with Janice. Post to follow soon.

 

 

Laughing At Death

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When a Richmond, VA woman died last week, her obituary read “Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass (into the eternal love of God).
 
No pithy comments, she already made one.
 
 

Float Like a Butterfly, Get Stung By a Bee

snoopThe ever not so eloquent, Snoop Dogg, was asked this week if he had a will or estate plan. His NSFW response was, “I don’t give a f— when I’m dead. What am I gonna give a f— about? This goin’ on while I’m gone, you know?”

And continuing in his non-King’s English, he added, “Hopefully, I’m a butterfly, I come back and fly around and look at all these motherf—–s fighting over my money and s–t, like, ‘Look at all these dumb motherf—–s.’ Ha!”

Only four sentences, but so many points. Minimizing them:

1. Snoop can make life easier for his loved ones if he spends a bit of time deciding who should inherit the wealth accumulated from his questionable talents. He could eliminate any people claiming to be his illegitmate child by naming people in his will.

2. Prince reportedly has had 900 people come forward for DNA testing claiming to be his haIf-siblings while anyone who can establish that he is Prince’s child, will hit the jackpot and inherit all of Prince’s wealth.

3. Raise your hand sheepishly if you think Snoop has fewer illegitmate children than Prince. You would be wrong.

4. I doubt Snoop views his family as loved ones when he refers to them as “dumb motherf—–s.”

5. Maybe it is just me, but if I were reincarnated, unlike Snoop I would prefer to return as something more fierce and substantial than a short lived insect with pretty wings.

Guardians, Drugs, and Embezzlement

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A Massachusetts man was appointed guardian of his niece and nephew when their parents died in a car crash in 2009.  The man was recently indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $250,000 from their trust fund in the 11 months after he was released from rehab.  He pleaded not guilty.

Three very quick points:

  1. I always recommend that clients designate different individuals to serve as guardian and trustee.
  2. If different people, the guardian should be able to ascertain if the trustee is stealing from the trust.
  3. Embezzlers are smart enough to not use stolen funds to buy tangible property, but not smart enough to avoid being caught.  Such is the lot of gambling and drug addicts.   

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