Changing a Will Definitely Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
It may seem that revoking a will should be a pretty straightforward process, but it is not. In more cases than you can imagine, people who think they have done [...]
Preparing for College? Include Legal Documents and Important Discussions
Unless you have the proper legal documents in place, once your child turns 18, you no longer have access to their health information or academic information. Most importantly, you do [...]
The Benefits of Using a Trust in Estate Planning
Having a trust sounds like something that only wealthy people need, but trusts are useful estate planning tools for regular folks too. Trusts foster better control over how assets are [...]
Change How You Think About Estate Planning to Avoid Procrastination
The simple and unpleasant truth of estate planning is this: few people enjoy spending time contemplating their own mortality. Estate planning requires recognition that at some point in the future [...]
An Update on the Ernie Banks Estate Battle
On September 25, a settlement conference in the battle between the widow of baseball legend Ernie Banks and his longtime caretaker will be held in an attempt to resolve the [...]
Fundamentals of Preparing a Will
Laws that govern wills, trusts and estates are far too complex for wills to be do-it-yourself projects, but putting your wishes into an estate plan with a qualified estate planning [...]
Bitcoins – New Currency Requires Special Treatment
To the digerati – the elite of the technology world - Bitcoins are as valuable as the dollar or any other state-sponsored currency. But the rules are still under development [...]
Brother Sues News York Psychiatrist, Accused of Seducing Ill Sister to Gain Estate
The classic story of a vulnerable wealthy elderly person being influenced by a caretaker who seeks to enrich him or herself has been updated in a dispute between a disinherited [...]
Unusual Case Points to Importance of Making Beneficiary Designations
For many Americans, the majority of non-real estate assets are their retirement accounts and life insurance policies. However, a large number of people forget to update their designated beneficiaries, which [...]
UK Court Rules Daughter’s Disinheritance is “Unreasonable” and Reverses Mother’s Will
In most cases, as long as basic principles are followed, a person is entitled by law to leave whatever he or she wishes to his or her heirs. There are [...]
Changing a Will Definitely Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
It may seem that revoking a will should be a pretty straightforward process, but it is not. In more cases than you can imagine, people who think they have done [...]
Preparing for College? Include Legal Documents and Important Discussions
Unless you have the proper legal documents in place, once your child turns 18, you no longer have access to their health information or academic information. Most importantly, you do [...]
The Benefits of Using a Trust in Estate Planning
Having a trust sounds like something that only wealthy people need, but trusts are useful estate planning tools for regular folks too. Trusts foster better control over how assets are [...]
Change How You Think About Estate Planning to Avoid Procrastination
The simple and unpleasant truth of estate planning is this: few people enjoy spending time contemplating their own mortality. Estate planning requires recognition that at some point in the future [...]
An Update on the Ernie Banks Estate Battle
On September 25, a settlement conference in the battle between the widow of baseball legend Ernie Banks and his longtime caretaker will be held in an attempt to resolve the [...]
Fundamentals of Preparing a Will
Laws that govern wills, trusts and estates are far too complex for wills to be do-it-yourself projects, but putting your wishes into an estate plan with a qualified estate planning [...]
Bitcoins – New Currency Requires Special Treatment
To the digerati – the elite of the technology world - Bitcoins are as valuable as the dollar or any other state-sponsored currency. But the rules are still under development [...]
Brother Sues News York Psychiatrist, Accused of Seducing Ill Sister to Gain Estate
The classic story of a vulnerable wealthy elderly person being influenced by a caretaker who seeks to enrich him or herself has been updated in a dispute between a disinherited [...]
Unusual Case Points to Importance of Making Beneficiary Designations
For many Americans, the majority of non-real estate assets are their retirement accounts and life insurance policies. However, a large number of people forget to update their designated beneficiaries, which [...]
UK Court Rules Daughter’s Disinheritance is “Unreasonable” and Reverses Mother’s Will
In most cases, as long as basic principles are followed, a person is entitled by law to leave whatever he or she wishes to his or her heirs. There are [...]