Securing Your Financial Plans

It was a balmy winter’s afternoon and we were sitting on the lawn of my client at his farmhouse in south Delhi. My client was a prosperous factory owner and had two grown up sons helping him in the business. All three of them lived in the same house along with their families and I have never seen a better bonhomie between brothers and respect for their parents. Picture of an ideal joint family. I casually mentioned writing a will to my client. The possibility of any dispute arising in the family seemed remote then. Even I found it futile to advise him to make a will. He however did not heed my advice. Unfortunately within few months my client expired and in another few months the brother’s bereft of their father’s guidance turned into bitter foes. They went to the court against each other and the rest is history. I want to emphasise here that no matter how blissful...