Impersonal and inflexible, this law can't begin to cover the particulars of human situations involved in a death or division of an estate. "Unless you trust all of your relatives to have a firm grasp of what's right and wrong and not be greedy, then it would be best to write a will, so that your estate is divided exactly according to your wishes," argues Lin.
然而冷冰冰的法條無法涵蓋人世千絲萬縷的牽掛和心意，「除非你相信每位親人都是深明大義，不貪不伎，否則最好是白紙黑字立下遺囑，才能貫徹你的意思」，林玫卿指出。