Estate Planning Beyond the Grave…And BackEstate Planning Beyond the Grave…And Back

Let me start by answering the questions that I get asked most often when I start talking about cryonics—yes, Ted Williams was cryopreserved; no, Walt Disney wasn’t. No, I’m not worried about creating the zombie apocalypse. Yes, people really do this, and they’re not crazy. With an estimated 5,000 people as members of the various cryopreservation firms¹ and double-digit annual increases in membership, this is an issue about which more planners are going to be asked in the future. Let’s take a serious look at the planning process and how to provide for a client on being revived from cryopreservation.

Cryonics is the process by which a dying human being is preserved in the hope that scientific advancements will allow him to be revived in the...