Dog person or cat person? (It's about estate planning, I promise.)

Do you remember learning to compare and contrast in grade school? I still love it — and it comes up more than you'd think in my work. On a recent discovery call, a potential client asked me a question I get pretty often as a Personal Family Lawyer: What's the difference between a will and a trust? It's a great question, and the answer is simpler than you might expect. The short version: A will tells people what to do with your stuff after you're gone. A trust goes further — it manages your...