MILLER ESTATE LAW - Key Persons
I was drawn to the field of estate planning and administration by my family history. Legend has it that after my grandfather died suddenly of a massive heart attack, there was an old-style reading of his Will with all the family gathered in the lawyer's office. His Will revealed that he was leaving assets to a mistress whom he had been "keeping" in another town. My grandmother was shattered. He also left his family business to the one person who was not equipped to keep it afloat, rather than to the family member who had learned the business inside and out. That decision resulted in severed relationships, which never healed.
The family history wasn't all bad. There's another story of a more distant ancestor who had squirrelled away what today would be barely enough money to buy a used car and he created a trust that grew and provided support for generations.