A will that once locked everything into place can quietly unravel under new estate tax rules. Laws change. Exemptions rise and fall. Families grow, businesses expand, property values climb. Yet many wills sit untouched for decades, frozen in a moment that no longer reflects reality.
Estate planning does not reward nostalgia. It rewards attention. When estate tax limits shift, an outdated will can leave heirs scrambling, writing checks to the government that better planning could have avoided. Anyone who assumes an old document still does the job may want to look again.
