by Kathy Lane | Dec 11, 2016 | Wills and Living Trusts
The information in this article so important that we’re copying it verbatim from a Yahoo news story. Remember, if you die without a will, the state will determine who inherits. People make a lot of excuses to put off planning for the inevitable. You may be fearful...
by Kathy Lane | Jul 24, 2016 | Wills and Living Trusts
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 March 25, 1616. He left most of his estate to his daughter, Susannah Hall. However, toward the end of the will he...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 19, 2016 | Wills and Living Trusts
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 husband, Donald Arsenault, showed up with a supposed will that left him all of her assets and left nothing to her three adult sons. Her...
by Kathy Lane | Mar 20, 2016 | Wills and Living Trusts
In most cases, the answer is no. When a person’s estate is being settled thru the will they prepared, it is usually public record. To keep estate plans secret, they need to be contained in a trust document, not just a will. However, in the case of Harper Lee, the...
by Kathy Lane | Nov 15, 2015 | Wills and Living Trusts
Everyone is going to die; that’s a fact. And everyone should have a will. That’s another fact. If you die without a will, the probate court will decide what happens to your assets; you won’t. My father died about 15 years ago. He left a will he had prepared...
by Kathy Lane | Jan 20, 2014 | Beneficiary Basics, Dying Without A Will, Estate Planning, inheritance law, Wills and Living Trusts
Julie Garber, in her weekly blog, wrote about another person who did it wrong. When actor Paul Walker died in a terrible car crash on November 30th, 2013, he left an estate estimated to be worth at least $45 million. However, he had done no estate planning and left...
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