Mediation for Estate Planners: Managing Family Conflict - Susan N Gary

Mediation for Estate Planners: Managing Family Conflict Susan N Gary ISBN 9781634255479

Mediation for Estate Planners: Managing Family Conflict is an essential resource for attorneys seeking to help clients prevent and resolve disputes within estate planning and elder law practice. With family disagreements often intensifying by the time they reach probate court, mediation offers a proactive and effective alternative to litigation. Increasingly, courts encourage mediation to preserve family relationships and reduce the adversarial nature of probate disputes.

Written by a team of experienced attorneys and mediators, this book equips lawyers with practical tools to integrate mediation into estate planning—whether at the planning stage or when conflicts first arise. It provides guidance on recommending mediation to clients, drafting mediation clauses in estate documents, and addressing disputes before positions become entrenched.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Using mediation to resolve probate and trust disputes

• Employing consultants with mediation expertise in family business succession planning

• Assisting families with guardianship and conservatorship challenges

• Navigating end-of-life decisions in hospital settings

• Resolving conflicts between trustees and beneficiaries

For ease of use, the content is organized into clear sections:

1. Essential elements of mediation

2. Practical perspectives for estate planners

3. Specific applications in estate planning and administration

4. The mediator as consultant in family business succession

5. Arbitration as an alternative approach

6. Resources for practice, including a Tool Kit, bibliography, and more

This book is a must-have guide for estate planners and elder law practitioners who want to help clients manage family conflict thoughtfully, efficiently, and with lasting impact.

Mediation for Estate Planners: Managing Family Conflict Susan N Gary ISBN 9781634255479, 978-1634255479 & 9781634255486

Editor
Susan N Gary