8 Jokes to Get You Laughing About Estate Planning 

There is no denying how difficult and overwhelming it can feel when you sit down with an estate planning attorney and make the necessary arrangements for what you want to happen next should you pass away or become incapacitated. We all know how important these conversations are, yet few of us jump at the chance to do it — a few adjectives we hear are uncomfortable, scary, apprehensive, and even depressing. While we cannot blame you for feeling this way, humor is one way to deal with a difficult situation.

This is not to suggest any of us should make light of the gravity of estate planning. But when appropriate, having the right attorney in your corner and a little humor can ease the tension and discomfort you may be experiencing.

With that in mind, we scoured the internet to find a few lighthearted jokes to get you laughing about estate planning.

8 Estate Planning Jokes to Get You Smiling

Good news! I’ve just inherited a car from my great-grandfather! Bad news, it’s a 1975 Volvo.

A man and his wife are driving to dinner one night when they have this funny exchange:

Wife: “We should talk about our final arrangements so that the kids aren’t burdened with it.”

Husband: “Why should we care? That’ll be their problem.”

Wife: “Right … Well … at least we talked about it.”

Another husband and wife are headed off on vacation when the husband turns quickly to his wife and says this:

“Did you remember to lock the back door … and fund assets to our estate trust?”

A 5th-grade math teacher poses the following problem to one of her classes:  

“A wealthy man dies and leaves 10 million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?” After a very long period of silence in the classroom, one brave little boy raises his hand. And with complete sincerity, he said, “A lawyer!”

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he would inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife to share his fortune with. One evening at an investment club meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away:

“I may look like just an ordinary man,” he said to her. “But in just a few years, my father will die, and I’ll inherit 20 million dollars.” 

Impressed, the woman obtained his business card. Three days later, she became his stepmother.

An attorney gathers an entire family for the reading of their grandfather’s will. Relatives came from near and far to see if they were included, and they sat patiently as the lawyer somberly opened the will and began to read: 

“To my cousin Ed, I leave my ranch. 

To my brother Jim, I leave my money market accounts. 

To my neighbor and good friend, Fred, I leave my stocks. 

And to my cousin George, who always sat around and never did anything but wanted to be remembered in my will, I say, ‘Hi, George.’” 

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