Colorado Probate Blog - Wade Ash Woods Hill & Farley, P.C.

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Those picky details . . .

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Robert P. Horen, Esq.

Thursday, 15 January 2015

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In this age of instant access to information on the Internet, including do-it-yourself estate planning documents, it is important to remember that the devil is in the details. Examples on point: a recent email exchange among estate planning attorneys from around the country describing potentially painful prose:

Client's husband died so she presented the will for probate. Upon review, a short paragraph granting certain authority to the Executor concluded:

"I am to be cremated with my wife, Rhonda _____, and my Executor having the discretion as to how and where my ashes are to be distributed."

Hopefully, a court could be persuaded not to enforce this clause.

Time to eat grandma.

Time to eat, grandma.

Commas save lives!

Husband on a trip with his buddies and sent a postcard home - "Having a wonderful time; wish you were her".

Based on the proximity of the Y and U on the QWERTY keyboard, an attorney once received an email from another attorney on "Considerations Regarding Proposed Tryst."

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Robert P. Horen, Esq.

Robert P. Horen attended the University of Colorado (B.A., 1965) and the University of Denver (J.D., 1968). While an undergraduate, he enlisted and received his Second Lieutenant's Commission in the United States Marine Corps Reserve upon graduation. When Mr. Horen was admitted to the Colorado Bar, he received orders to active duty and served as a Captain for three years as a Judge Advocate General in the Marine Corps. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Military Appeals, the United States Tax Court, the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Supreme Court.