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Jonathan Rikoon

Jonathan Rikoon is Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, and author of "Estate Planning and Family Wealth Transfers" and "Stocker and Rikoon on Drawing Wills and Trusts." He has helped to build the firm's trusts and estates practice.

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Your Will or Trust: Why Avoiding Probate Doesn’t Solve All Your Problems
by Jonathan Rikoon

By no means do your problems disappear if the estate avoids probate. A living trust as well as other non-probate alternatives can be challenged in much the same manner as a will. ... [ Full Story ]