A Legacy at Risk

Estate Planning versus Estate Litigation — Russell J. Fishkind’s chapter from Inside the Minds: Managing Disputes Over Wills and Inheritance (Aspatore Books).

The chapter

“A Legacy at Risk: Estate Planning versus Estate Litigation” is Russell J. Fishkind’s contribution to Managing Disputes Over Wills and Inheritance — Leading Lawyers on Navigating Clients Through Probate Contests, part of Aspatore’s Inside the Minds series. Writing as a Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, Fishkind sets the two disciplines side by side: how estate disputes take root, and how disciplined planning heads them off before they reach a courtroom. The chapter is reproduced below as published.

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