We read this recent column from MarketWatch and found it interesting enough that we are repeating it in its entirety. If you have step children or
You may think that if you have a will and in it you name the person who should inherit your home, that’s all you have
Many couples, especially those who get together later in life, are just living together. For whatever reason, they’ve decided not to get married. Living together,
Anton Yelchinleft, the Star Trek star, died a few months ago in a bizarre automobile accident. He was 27 years old. His assets were about $1.4 million….and
Everyone today has several online account and is part of the digital world. Are you one of the millions of people playing Pokemon? Are you
Do you have a tangible personal property memo as part of your estate plan? I just read a Forbes article that really makes a good
Bet you never thought that there would be places where death is a crime. Well, there are. Seven cities in Italy, France, Brazil, Spain and
As everyone probably knows by now, Prince died on April 21, 2016 and he didn’t have a will. You’d think that someone who had attorneys
Even in the 1600s, people wrote wills to designate where they wanted their assets to go after their death. William Shakespeare’s will was signed on
That’s the percent of Americans who do not have a will, according to a Google Consumer survey by USLegalWills.com. A recent Forbes.com article talks about
Although this actually happened in the UK, it could just as easily have happened here. Fred McGuinness owned a scrap yard. When he died at
Earlier this year, we wrote about the first state to adopt the new, revised UFADAA (Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act) recommended statute. This
In August 2013, Lynn Day Arsenault was shot to death by a man she didn’t know. A few months later, her surviving spouse and fourth
According to a U.S. News and World Report story out this week, most probably your unpaid bills will be subtracted from any inheritance you leave to
Do you have a bank account? What about a brokerage account or life insurance policy? Have you set up an annuity or a retirement plan?