09/23/26 - Is Your Estate Plan Good Enough? Pt.2

Hey, this week we're continuing to look at the subject of, is your

estate plan good enough? You want something

that's better than just good enough.

Usually.

And trusts and wills are two of the main ways you accomplish estate planning.

And a lot of times a will is good enough for a lot of people, but there are ways to make it even better.

So you want to discuss that.

Yeah.

Yeah, and really the thought process in having this particular show is to talk about that mentality of good enough.

I have an estate plan, and I'm sure it's good enough.

But how do you know until you actually bring it in, get it reviewed, make sure that it's still matching the vision and the purpose in your heart for your family? Because here's the thing.

The law keeps changing.

As a matter of fact, This morning, as weird as this is going to sound to everybody out there in radio land, I was looking at what different changes in 2024 have happened.

And so we're at a new year.

So every beginning of the year, I need to sit down and I need to review and see all the different law changes that are going on.

And so.

Even this morning, I'm still chasing some of the new laws so that I can make sure that everything I do in this new year is at its highest, best level.

And so for me, templates don't matter.

just sit around and continue to get old.

It's my job as an attorney to know what has changed and to ensure that everything I do is at its highest, best level.

So, therefore, if you have an estate plan that's even three and five years older or What are some of the things that are already missing or have already changed in the taxing structure, in the legal structure? Because Congress or Washington state does not sit idly by.

They're always moving.

The barometer, they're always moving the laws.

And so how do we keep an estate plan at its highest, best use? Then your family may have changed last year.

There may have been different things that have taken place.