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Your Plan vs. The Law
what changed since your last review.
You made your plan under the law as it stood that day. Laws change after that. This tool shows published entries in MORTL's state-guide change log since your last review, flags the areas they may affect, and lets you mark today reviewed so the next visit starts from today.
What’s included
- Published entries in MORTL's state-guide change log since your last review, dated and in plain words
- Flags on the changes that touch your estate size, your will, your directives, or your funeral plan
- A review marker: mark today reviewed and the next visit shows only what changed since
- A Law Review document to download as PDF or Word, print, or copy
Built from the statute-verified MORTL guide change logs. General information, not legal advice.
The short answer
Where your plan is silent, state law speaks: intestacy rules pick your heirs, courts pick guardians, and default ownership rules pick who gets the house. This tool compares what you've set up against what your state would do without it, so you can see which decisions you've made and which you've left to statute.
Reviewed August 2026 · Defaults come from your state's intestacy and property law.
About this tool
What Your Plan vs. The Law helps you do
The laws your plan sits on change. See the published entries in MORTL’s state-guide change log since your last review and the areas they may affect. Where a plan is silent, contracts, ownership rules, and state law may control. This tool flags common gaps such as a missing document, an unnamed beneficiary, or unclear ownership. The result is general information, not advice about your property or family.
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