Estate Planning Via Text or Video. What Counts as a Will?

通过文本或视频进行遗产规划。 什么才算是遗嘱?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

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2024-12-20

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Some people are leaving text messages or videos with their wishes as a form of estate planning . By forgoing written word, their beneficiaries may not be entitled to their assets. Wall Street Journal reporter Ashlea Ebeling joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss why estate law is still rooted to ink on paper.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • About half of Americans have made out of will.

  • But for some,

  • their beneficiaries might not be entitled to receive their assets because their instructions aren't in writing.

  • Just like pretty much everything in life has gone digital.

  • If you're tied to your phone,

  • people assume that they can do a selfie video or they can write out a text and give

  • that what automatically count as a will.

  • But a state law remains rooted to ink on paper.

  • We'll talk to Wall Street Journal, a personal finance reporter, Ashley Ebbling, after the break.

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  • Some family members are finding out that wills aren't legally binding if they're recorded on video or audio.

  • Wall Street Journal personal finance reporter, Ashley Ebbling joins me.