Creating a will that serves your purposes is not always a simple task. Conventional wisdom indicates that all legal adults should create a will, but a surprisingly high number of people simply never get around to it, even those with very high net worth or complicated...
We know the perception is out there that hiring an attorney to help you with your estate planning is expensive. Internet businesses sell software that supposedly explain the process and allow you to draft a carefully tailored and legally valid estate plan on your own....
More than 1.5 million adults in the U.S. are under guardian supervision. As a recent article in The New Yorker makes clear, they face unprecedented risks of losing their homes, their savings, and their legal rights. A legal guardian is tasked with protecting the...
A carefully prepared and valid estate plan should be able to stand up to any challenge from an unsatisfied beneficiary, supposed long-lost relative or anyone else who claims they were cheated out of their inheritance. Still, challenges do occur. Many will or trust...