He has since passed on, but this underscores the need to review documents and make changes if people are named who are no longer in your life.
Making sense of illness, death and taxes through the eyes of Attorney and Author, Melinda Gustafson Gervasi
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Jeff Conway: The Importance of Updating Documents
The last illness and death of Actor Jeff Conway illustrates the need to update estate planning documents if and when relationships change. In this story, his ex-girlfriend (emphasis on ex) asserts she has Power of Attorney from 2007 documents; and refused to remove life support even though that was what his family requested.
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Advance Directive,
Illness
Melinda Gustafson Gervasi is a Madison attorney and author whose current practice focuses on estate planning and probate. She is committed to increasing the public’s understanding of estate planning and probate issues. In 2013 she released her first book, Middle Class Philanthropist where she illustrates how anyone can leave a legacy. Gustafson Gervasi Law Office, LLC, 5555 Odana Rd., Suite 205, Madison, WI 53719
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