My college friend group started an informal investment club years ago and now it's grown into serious money, but we never formalized anything legally and one couple is getting divorced. We're realizing we have no documentation about what belongs to whom, and friendships that survived decades are suddenly fragile because we were too casual about money when it didn't seem like much.
More people experience this than they realize.
Casual financial partnerships can evolve beyond their emotional foundations, forcing friends to formalize relationships that were built on trust rather than contracts.
“Where Are You with Wills trusts and inheritance structures?”
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