does
Enders
ccession planning?
alert) his former partner Lisa Fowler (played
by Lucy Benjamin), responsible for the near
fatal shot.
Then there is Ian Beale, one character
that everyone loves to hate (not my words)
but seemingly one that collects wives. His
history of spouses and girlfriends brings
about the obvious need for estate planning.
4 wives, adopted children, his own
children etc. An obvious need to consider
guardianship, practical planning to avoid
sideways disinheritance for those wives that
have moved on and with regular story lines
about his varied business interests there will
probably be some planning needed there.
Dorothy ‘Dot’ Cotton epitomises the saying
that ‘you can choose your friends but your
can’t choose your family’. A lot of people
will choose their children to be their executor
but with children like ‘Nasty Nick’ the option
to choose a professional executor to ensure
that your wishes are carried out may prove
to be a sensible one.
This is obviously a light hearted, fun poking
and unquestionably tenuous link between
Estate Planning and the subject no-one
likes to talk about – EastEnders (I might
have got these the wrong way around), but
worth thinking about and an easy way to
introduce the subject to clients.
Apologies for those who don’t like
EastEnders puns, EastEnders itself or my
article…
Until the next one!
Thomas Stansfield
The Society of Will Writers
The Society of Will Writers
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