When pop icon Prince died earlier this year, he left no verified direct descendants, no spouse and no heir behind. He didn’t even have a will.

As a result, the disposition of his estimated $300 million estate will be left in the hands of judges and attorneys, likely placing his creditors and relatives in a prolonged conflict over the fortune.

“Prince isn’t someone that most of us can relate to, but he was so intentional with his art and the way he lived his life that the plan that is being made for his estate in a very ad-hoc manner is probably not what he would have envisioned,” says Karla Valas, managing director of the Complex Asset Group of Fidelity Charitable. “Advisors can definitely leverage this story.”

While most advisors probably don’t count a singular talent and success like Prince among their clients, there are anecdotal reports of an increase in high-net-worth, single and childless investors—those with more than $5 million in assets—seeking advice.

Prince lacked a formal legacy plan, says Carol Kroch, managing director of wealth and philanthropic planning at Wilmington Trust, and she finds many younger, ultra-wealthy clients in similar situations.

“It goes beyond being childless and spouseless,” Kroch says. “Under a certain age, people don’t tend to plan for a legacy because they can’t imagine that they are eventually going to die. Older people in retirement tend to think more about their power-of-attorney or their will, but many people under 60 have never had anyone talk to them about these issues.”

Steve Martin, a senior managing advisor at Springfield, Mo.-based BKD Wealth Advisors, says he has recently assisted a client in such a situation.

“He was going to end up with a lot of money left over at the end of his life, so the real question was what does he do with it,” Martin says. “At a certain point, accumulation isn’t the goal anymore. Those funds have to fulfill some other need, and financial planning helps bring the focus back to that.”

The client in question accumulated his millions through a modest lifestyle—which continues in retirement—and steady accumulation through a side business. Today, the fortune continues to grow faster than the client’s consumption needs.

Yet the client, a male in his 60s, has no children or family members to inherit the wealth.

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