tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post2703618426273477863..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Clay and HaroldBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-73739237842496339292010-04-21T11:30:59.209-07:002010-04-21T11:30:59.209-07:00Well, they had named one another as beneficiaries ...Well, they had named one another as beneficiaries in their wills. <br /><br />Agreed that good estate planning would typically have involved the use of an <i>inter vivos</i> trust on top of wills, rather than only using the wills. Maybe they didn't have a lot of money and tried do-it-yourself estate planning instead of hiring a lawyer; it's hard to second-guess that sort of thing now that it's too late to fix it.<br /><br />If the plaintiff's allegations are to be believed, an <i>IV</i> trust wouldn't have done Greene any good, though, because according to that version of events, Sonoma County just liquidated everything in sight without any regard for Greene's rights whatsoever.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-11700547935326078572010-04-21T11:17:42.704-07:002010-04-21T11:17:42.704-07:00"On the other hand, I have to wonder why they..."On the other hand, I have to wonder why they never registered as domestic partners or got married when they had a chance to do so."<br /><br />or had a trustzzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933063994246150989noreply@blogger.com