J.R. Whalen

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37,077 appearances 1,141 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2017 last heard Jan 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Estate Planning Via Text or Video. What Counts as a Will? · 20 Dec 2024 podcast

You wrote about a man in Montana who recorded his will on video and then he died. voice-verified

What happened there? voice-verified

Why did the court say what it did? voice-verified

Does it have to be neatly typed and notarized for it to be acceptable? voice-verified

Why haven't states accepted wills in video or audio form? voice-verified

So you mentioned there could be fraud, could be deep fakes. voice-verified

As the talk continues about possibly legalizing video or audio forms of wills, are there safeguards or some sort of electronic regulations talking about being in place to prevent deep faking or things like that? voice-verified

What if you text your will to someone, texting it on your phone instead of actually writing it out? voice-verified

Is that legal? voice-verified

If somebody has spelled out their last will and testament in a recording, what steps should they take to create an acceptable document? voice-verified

What kinds of online tools are available to help people draw up a will? voice-verified

Do the online companies that help people design wills, are they getting requests to put their will in video or audio? voice-verified

That's WSJ reporter Ashley Ebling. voice-verified

And that's it for your Money Briefing. voice-verified

Tomorrow, we'll have our weekly markets wrap up, what's news in markets. voice-verified

And then we'll be back on Monday with the first episode of our special series, Money Moves for the New Year. voice-verified

This episode was produced by Ariana Asparu. voice-verified

I'm your host, J.R. voice-verified

Whalen. voice-verified

Jessica Fenton and Michael LaValle wrote our theme music. voice-verified

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