Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!: ... And what you can learn from celebrity errors (2nd edition)

Think rich people always get (and take) the best financial advice? Believe that celebrities, sports stars and entertainers have it together when it comes to estate planning, wills, trusts, etc?You'd be WRONG! This book touches on just a few of the often-astounding ways that stars fail when it comes to planning their estates and leave their loved ones duking it out in court.Popular REELZ presenters/commentators Danielle and Andy Mayoras are experienced attorneys who have seen it all when it comes to bad financial planning. They are also students of celebrity money mishaps who can easily identify and dissect fortune fights, many of which could have been easily avoided.The point of this book is not to make you say, "I can't believe Jimi Hendrix did that!" (although you probably will.) It's to drive home the point that all of us, rich or poor, need to make plans for the day when the Grim Reaper drags us off. Entertaining, but ultimately cautionary tales for the rest of us.

My mother and her sister were/are going through an ugly dispute over how my grandmother's estate has been handled. One sister seems more concerned about preserving $ for her family rather than my grandmother's care since she's still alive (and it's not my mother). Had the estate been set up properly (and not by my aunt's husband), maybe their relationship wouldn't be irreparably damaged.I assumed my parents had a trust. Then one day I casually asked about it even though I read this book a few years ago and knew I should've addressed it earlier. To my surprise they only had a will. My intelligent, stubborn and know-it-all father said he wanted easy access to his money and a trust wouldn't work. Well, all my inexpert advice wouldn't sway him. I sent the book to my parents and after they both read it, an appointment was set up with their attorney to get things set up properly. If a book can convince my father, then it must be superb. Personally I don't care about what I can get when they pass away. I just figure if someone's going to set up a will to supposedly make things easier on their heirs, they might as well create a trust and really make things less of a hassle. Any book that can convince my father gets 5 stars.

The book uses examples from celebrities to expand in and teach. Very useful! Highly recommend.

I found out by reading this book that even people ho are privileged can be ignorant when it comes to nd how their money will be disbursed after death...

bought it just to read the "gossip". quick read.

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I'm able to read EVERY book I've purchased on my Kindle Cloud Reader on my desktop at work. Thats the main reason I bought this. For some reason, its asking me, for this book only, to download a link to an "app", which is a no no where I work. WHY is this book unavailable to read on a desktop computer?