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ESTATE PLANNING JAMES BROWN’S WILL NOT UPDATED

Let me tell you something you may not know about the godfather of soul, James Brown.

When James Brown passed away, on Christmas Day, 2006, he left an estate of over one hundred million dollars to a trust to help poor children in South Carolina and no money for wife/his children/other family.

For years, no money went to help those poor children in South Carolina because James Brown did not update his estate plan after a major life change. .

Look at the complications.

Brown remarried to Tomie Rae Hynie who had a child named James Brown, II.

Brown complicated his estate by never updating his will and trust to include Hynie and her child.

James Brown’s inattention allowed multiple law suits to drag on for years and years, which kept family members upset and kept needy children from getting the help James Brown intended them to have. 

Anytime there is a birth, death, marriage or divorce or other great change for you or among your immediate family members, your estate plan needs to be updated. You don’t want your estate settlement a big mess and family fight like the Godfather of Soul.

Your family is depending on your estate plan.

Call me.