Why Women Need an Estate Plan

In a recent blog post on Forbes, Why Women Need An Estate Plan (Hint: Want The Kids To Get All Your Spouse's Assets?), Susan Hirshman writes about the importance of estate planning for women. Hirshman writes that a lot of wills were drawn up to leave the amount of the husband's assets equal to the federal exemption amount to the couple's kids, and the remainder to the wife. She poses the example...