[n]ow is the time to make the meaningful plans that will empower you to make a difference in the lives of your loved ones.Ms. Van Note is currently being charged with the murder of her father, William Van Note, having used a forged power of attorney in order to pull the plug after he survived being shot---by Ms. Van Note. She is charged with murder by legal form.
A fairly succinct summary of the alleged crime is found here.
It’s not
hard to see why this all is so interesting, though I’d make the argument this
isn’t an ironic case. Irony, in its strict definition, requires not merely a discrepancy
between the overt and the covert, but in fact a contradiction. Liz Van Note was
an estate planner. It isn’t ironic that she used a forged estate planning
document as a murder weapon anymore than it would be ironic for a dentist to
use uncomfortable orthodontic equipment to keep their kids quiet at night. It
is a perverse and a gross misuse of her legal position, a violation of her
responsibilities, yes, but also strangely appropriate. She, like the
hypothetical dentist, used the tools at hand.
Liz Van
Note isn’t guilty of wholly contradicting the principle theme of her
profession, but rather taking those principles to a horrifying extreme. When
Liz Van Note plans her estates, she plans the hell out of them.
