Financial Consequences of a Husband

Some superstitions are harmless, like knocking on wood, carrying a rabbit?s foot or believing that if you get on a plane with your right foot, the plane won?t crash. I do this last one myself. Silly, but harmless.
Many superstitions fall into a different category where they affect other people and cause difficulties for them. For [...]

Everything You Must Know Before you Fill out Your Last Will and Testament Form

A Last Will and Testament is the legal document that controls the disposition of your property at death and may provide for guardianship for your children after your death. A will is not effective until death. As long as you are living, your will has no effect and no property or rights to property are [...]

Information You Need To Know About Your Living Will

A living will gives your doctor permission to withdraw or even withhold life support systems under certain conditions. Filling out a living will form will declare that you desire to die a natural death, and that you do not want extraordinary medical treatment nor do you want hydration used to keep you alive if [...]

How to Reduce Or Eliminate Your Estate Tax

I bet you probably didn’t know that your heirs might have to liquidate ( sell off ) your home or commercial/residential rental properties immediately after your death. This is unless you create an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust or ILIT.
I bet you probably didn’t know that your heirs might have to liquidate ( sell off ) [...]

The Last Will And Testament - A Model NOT To Live By

The death of Anna Nicole Smith has at least one valuable outcome, even if it is simply serving as a model of what happens if you die intestate, i. e. without a last will and testament. One immediate point to take here, by the way, is the youth and vitality of the deceased. Few people [...]

Remarriage and Estate Planning

Estate planning assumes significant importance in view of the above-mentioned conditions. If you apprehend facing a similar situation, it would be prudent to have a proper estate plan in order to overcome such complications. It would be best if you could do this just before remarriage, but even if you have already tied the knot, [...]

Estate Planning 101

Estate planning is planning to ensure that your final property and health care wishes are honored and that loved ones are provided for in your absence. The estate planning process should begin with you explaining to your attorney what you want to happen to your assets during your lifetime and at your death, then exploring [...]

Confusion Abounds Over Living Trusts

Confused about living trusts? If so, you are not alone.
A living trust is a legal entity normally created to hold assets in your lifetime and distribute them after your death. [A living trust has nothing to do with a living will. A living will is a document that states your desires regarding use of [...]

Greenville Attorney Warns Of Estate Planning Complications

Greenville Lawyer Wants Senior Citizens and Their Loved Ones To Get Their Estate Affairs In Order Elder Law is a fairly new specialized area of law dealing with the problems and issues faced by the most quickly growing portion of the country’s population, seniors. Elder law incorporates the elements of Estate Planning, Medicare/Medicaid Planning, Conservatorship, [...]

Making A Claim Against An Estate

Family Provision Act Claims Sometimes when a family member passes away some of the deceased’s relatives believe that they have not been adequately provided for in the deceased’s will.
These persons are often current or former spouses, de facto spouses, children or step children. Sometimes grandchildren also may make a claim as well as other persons [...]