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[QUOTE="8893, post: 3876215, member: 93"]
In all seriousness, I don't think it's an issue for you, but for anyone who has siblings or more than one child, an ounce of prevention is worth much more than the six figures and emotional toll of probate litigation.  People tend to be specific about money, investments, real estate and other major assets and then leave the rest, or "residue", of their estates to their children or next of kin to share equally, figuring that they are not getting into assigning lamps, books, rugs, etc.  Surprisingly, that's usually where the fights start.

It can easily be prevented with some very basic planning, by giving away specific things before death or identifying them specifically in the will; and/or by having a built-in default mechanism for beneficiaries to select among the estate assets, which functions something like a fantasy sports draft and removes the emotional aspect.

I have found that the fights are seldom about money, but more about sentimental things that are basically proxies for people to argue about who was loved more, owed more, abused more, etc.  You think divorce was draining?  Try blood feuds going back to childhood or earlier.
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