Ashlea Ebeling

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Putting a Pet in Your Will Isn’t Just for the Super Wealthy · 19 Aug 2024 podcast

And she did say that the caretakers were coming into a little money. matched

What happens if you don't specify who gets your pets in a will? matched

If you die without a will, the state law determines who inherits everything. matched

And then with no plan, pets can be kicked out of the house. matched

They could be dropped off at a kill shelter or they could just become one more thing basically for heirs to fight over. matched

So that's tricky too with a pet directive in your will where you assign the guardian and you possibly leave the guardian money. matched

There's no court oversight basically at that point. matched

For some people, if they want to go to a more complicated setup, they can set up what's called the pet trust. matched

In that case, you have a trustee who is overseeing the guardian and doling out the money and making sure 100% that it's happening. matched

Otherwise, you're really putting your trust in the guardian that you pick. matched

The common scenario is that you have a best friend or a relative who's going to take care of the pet and you just want to leave them the extra money because you figure that'll help with the pet's care and will help the friend. matched

State lawyers do say that a lot of them have it on their intake form now. matched

They'll say, do you have children? matched

Do you have pets? matched

Who do you want to leave your money to? matched

And then they'll explain the thing, how you leave the money to the guardian, not directly to the pet. matched

But also estate lawyers I talked to said that clients are bringing it up too. matched

And it's not just your current pets. matched

You can have the clause that says any pets that I own at the time of my death. matched

So it's important to include the future pets. matched

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