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Don’t Leave Your Final Wishes Open to Interpretation

The media is filled with stories of deceased celebrities whose final wishes were either unknown or the subject of dispute. An important lesson: You can retain control of your finances after incapacity and remain in control of...more

Starting a Difficult but Important Discussion

Looking for a way to stop family arguments over politics? Well, who isn’t. A quick way to derail a familial political scuffle: Quietly announce that you want to talk about your will. The silence should be automatic. It’s...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: Baby Mama (2008), or What Not to Leave to Chance When You Are Expecting

Kate Holbrook discovers that her chances of becoming pregnant are drastically reduced. Kate considers adoption, but a misguided social worker convinces her that her chances of being approved as an adoptive parent are limited...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies (And the Books They Are Based On): Howards End (1992), or “Estate Planning Should Not Wait Until...

Margaret Schlegel and Ruth Wilcox bond over Christmas shopping, their shared attachment to their respective childhood homes and familial loyalty. Ruth enchants Margaret with stories of her ancestral home, Howards End. Ruth...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: Elizabethtown (2005), or “Sharing is Caring, Don’t Keep Your Final Wishes a Secret”

Drew Baylor is a wildly successful athletic shoe designer for Mercury Sportwear until his world is turned askew when one of the shoes he designed is accused of having a design flaw. Mercury announces a recall; Drew becomes...more

Wendy & Jen Wreck the Movies: Addams Family Values, or “The Nanny Tried to Do It”

What happened: Fester Addams, a wealthy bachelor, wants nothing more than to find a great love like that between his older brother Gomez and his wife Morticia, but he is too trusting and easily mislead. Following the...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: Dial “M” for Murder (1954), or Murder Doesn’t Pay, and Peanut Butter Expires in November

Margot and Tony Wendice seem to have it all – they are young, beautiful, and in love. However, much like pyrite, not everything that glitters is gold. Before their marriage, Tony was a successful tennis player. It...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: Life As We Know It (2010) or Why Your Fraternity Brother May Not Be Suitable for Carpool

What Happens? In a twisted psychological experiment, Allison and Peter Novak set up their friends Holly Berenson and Eric Messer (a/k/a Messer) on a date. Holly and Messer are as incompatible as pineapple and New York...more

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies – Uptown Girls (2003), Or Even Rock Stars Need Estate Planning

What Happened: Uptown Girls begins as all fairy tales should: “There was once a princess who lived in a castle high above the streets of an enchanted kingdom (New York). The king and queen were long gone but they left...more

NY’s Gestational Surrogacy Law Comes With Estate Planning Requirements

On February 16, 2021, New York state legalized compensated gestational surrogacy. The Child-Parent Security Act (the Act) imposes estate planning requirements on the intended parents. Required Estate Planning- Prior to...more

Want To Know A Secret? A Will Is Not A Wish List

Multiple news outlets have reported that a secret Will of the late broadcast legend, Larry King, has been found. According to the reports, this secret Will is handwritten and states: 10/17/19- This is my Last Will and...more

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