well I have to admit I’m stumped by the circumstances. Some ins policies have a 30day or even 6month ‘predeceased’ clause, (and a lot of wills do also) which may or may not apply in ANS/DS case. Daniel died intestate according to HKS. I’m just not understanding how all of Daniel’s estate could roll to ANS only, and then how ANS’s estate could roll backwards to Daniels, while continuing to exclude Daniel’s natural father as closest surviving relative.
I guess there’s no way to speculate until we see what HKS files as ‘daniel’s trust’, eh? Think I’ll understand it any better? lol ;)
Heck, I don’t even see how he managed to get a judge to “just substitute” Dannielynn’s name for Daniel’s name in the trustee section of the will.
Maybe because HKS has chosen to find a way to minimize the probated assets in CA? It “seems” like a very small estate?
While I think ANS’s intent on the 2001 will was to make it as much like J Howard’s as possible, in a kind of “one-upsmanship” or maybe “copycatting” to pay as little tax as possible on assets and cover the preponderance of everything else in a trust or corporation or both, the circumstances changed so drastically with Daniel’s death and Dannielynn’s birth, that the “results” will also change.