You must respond to the notice. Don't put it off.

The person you want may not be the person they pick.

There's going to be a significant fee.

It's a taxable gift only to the extent that it reduces your allowable (lifetime) exemption.

It's about control but also it's about getting the tax benefit.

You need a will, but you also need tax planning.

It's really an investigation.

You may have the judge's sympathy, but the law is the law. Nobody is required to leave anybody anything.

Typically, a couple will come in with unequal assets, ... They've lived together for 12 or 15 years and both of them have children from their first marriage and want their assets to go to kids (of the first marriage).