Modern Family Drafting and Planning

Bobbi Bierhals wrote this bylined article for CLE training, in which she noted that “evolving social norms and new technological advances have challenged the traditional notions of family relationships.” Ms. Bierhals wrote that this development, as expressed in how such terms as marriage or spouse are defined, “can have a dramatic impact on an estate plan by defining terms more inclusively or restrictively in a will or a trust.”