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Aretha Franklin died with no estate plan

Posted by John B. Palley on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 in Celeb Estates
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I can’t get no respect, no respect I say…. Oh wait, I have my celebrities and their lines on respect wrong but we have yet ANOTHER celeb dying without a proper estate plan in place. Here’s a good article on CNBC about Aretha’s lack of planning.

With an $80m estimated net worth the costs of probate, if she had lived in California, would be somewhere OVER $100,000!

Failing to plan is a great way to end up in probate court after death and enrich a lawyer and enrich a court system. Avoid it by showing some self respect and get your estate plan in place!

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/22/aretha-franklin-left-no-will-why-you-should-plan-for-your-death.html

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