#10 of 25 Common Estate Planning Mistakes

Not Discussing Your Estate Plan with Your Family
Many people make the critical error of not discussing their estate planning, and why certain choices were made, with their family prior to their passing. Communication is especially important when your plan includes unequal asset distributions among your children. A failure to communicate often causes hurt feelings and misunderstandings resulting in a considerable amount of unneeded (and costly) litigation. Many of these problems, and the associated expenses, can be avoid by discussing your estate plan, and its goals, with your family. You are the best, and in many ways, only person to explain your estate planning choices to your family.