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Dirty Laundry

noun | \ˈdər-tē ˈlȯn-drē

1. Literal

The basket of clothes you keep meaning to get to — like your estate plan.

2. Figurative

Legal mess. Delays. No privacy. Guaranteed — without an estate plan.

3. Idiomatic

Private family matters aired in probate court — because no estate plan.

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