Winifred explained that the spreadsheet my children created had never determined ownership of anything. Harlan’s estate plan did. Years earlier, he had placed several major assets into a properly documented trust and named me as the person entitled to remain in our home and control certain property during my lifetime. The $16.38 million account was separate again, payable directly to me at his death. My children had been dividing assets they had never bothered to verify were actually available for division.
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