The StrongRoom Blog
by MacMillan Estate Planning
on June 13th, 2022
An Estate Plan, Last Will and Testament, or a Trust can be built around anything a person could wish for. While some provisions and requests can be quite standard, there are also those that surprise even us after 25 years of business.
While we at MacMillan thought we had heard it all when it comes to strange inheritances and their even stranger stipulations, a few incidents on this list took us by surprise:
When it comes to preparing your Will, you can, in theory, include any provisions that you see fit. Some of the strangest that I can recall would probably include a lady who gave me a detailed list of the teddy bears that should go into her coffin with her, or requests for music at funerals which perhaps did not contain the most obvious somber choices…
Paul Lindsey, Senior Estate Planner, MacMillan Estate Planning
