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PRACTICING LAW . . . BUT NOT PROOFREADING

I was telling someone that one of our daughters wants to become a trust attorney, handling wills and estates. I was about to say how booooooring that sounds to me, although of course it is a wonderful public service, very necessary, and probably quite lucrative.

This person ‘bout blew a gasket saying she wished our daughter was already practicing, because SHE would NEVER have made the boo-boo’s that her stepfather’s attorney recently made. It’s a hair-raising tale.

It seems the stepfather was really sick in the hospital, and called in his attorney to change his will. It was done, and he signed it.

Then eureka! He miraculously recovered, and went home. Six months later, though, he died in his sleep.

Out came the new will. Oops! It contained the right person’s name in the first paragraph as the executor – but erroneously kept the original executor’s name through the rest of the will. Plus, the original executor was cut out of the new will.

Another oops: the new will divided the stepfather’s IRA into four equal portions; previously, it was to be split in half. Clear as a bell on the will itself – but the attorney forgot to change the names of the beneficiaries on the existing IRA documentation.

Yowsa! What a muddle. I guess I’ll shut up about my daughter’s career goals. Looks like the trust attorneys could use a little fresh, new blood to help them build up . . . trust.

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