Some people are leaving text messages or videos with their wishes as a form of estate planning . By forgoing written word, their beneficiaries may not be entitled to their assets. Wall Street Journal reporter Ashlea Ebeling joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss why estate law is still rooted to ink on paper. 

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