Are you failing your family the way these 4 celebrities failed theirs? These four celebrity estate planning fiascos offer lessons about how to handle your own planning and legacies. Pablo Picasso – The great Dada artist died in 1973 at 91 without a will, a status...
Protect your digital assets! Don’t worry if you didn’t consider these assets when made your will or trust – it’s surprisingly common and, luckily, easy to correct. Digital assets include, but are not limited to: your photos (yes, all those selfies are a digital...
On June 23, voters in the U.K. passed a referendum supporting the idea that Britain should leave the European Union. Known as “Brexit” for short, this surprising political outcome instantly plunged international markets into crisis, and the British pound took a...
Most people understand that having some sort of an estate plan is, as Martha Stewart would say, a “good thing.” However, many of us don’t take the steps to get that estate plan in place because we don’t understand the nuances between wills and trusts – and dying...
We understand that it feels hard to get around to estate planning; it sounds about as fun as getting a root canal. However, we also understand that we all want to make sure that our loved ones are protected and receive our hard-earned assets – regardless of whether we...
Because there are so many different kinds of Trust agreements, it can often be a daunting task to determine which is right for your situation, which makes estate planning more challenging. However, that’s what we, as estate planning attorneys, do every day. We...
