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Court Bonds 09.10.2022

Inheriting Debt?

Mortgages, credit card bills and car loans are among the types of debt left behind upon the death of a loved one. What happens to these debts? Can the burden of payment be passed on…
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Inheriting Debt?
Court Bonds 08.30.2022

Disinheritance?

  Though a painful decision, parents can choose to leave a child out of the will. There is no law saying parents must leave assets to children—or divide their assets evenly among children. Estate planning…
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Disinheritance?
Court Bonds 08.30.2022

Joint Account? Cautionary Advice

  Estate planning experts say that although adding a loved one to a bank account may seem like an efficient way to pass the associated assets forward when we die, doing so can actually lead…
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Joint Account? Cautionary Advice
Court Bonds 08.28.2022

Probate Litigation: Outcomes?

  Although hopefully avoided through careful planning and good communication, significant disappointments, delays, and conflicts are not uncommon upon the death of a loved one. Hurt feelings alone are insufficient cause for initiating probate litigation….
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Probate Litigation: Outcomes?
Court Bonds 08.28.2022

When Being Fair Counts: Pot Trusts

  Being fair to children does not always mean ensuring assets are equally gifted via an estate plan. Age, health, special needs, educational and vocational goals are among the dynamics that can make doing what’s…
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When Being Fair Counts: Pot Trusts
Court Bonds 08.19.2022

Executing Naomi Judd’s Will

  Depending on your news source, you may have heard that Wynonna and Ashely Judd inherited nothing from their famous mother, Naomi. Lawyers remind us that the appointment of Larry Strickland, Naomi’s husband of 33…
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Executing Naomi Judd’s Will
Court Bonds 08.19.2022

Grave Appeal: Protecting Burial Grounds

  Can two churches disinter and remove cremains (cremated remains) from a burial ground without the consent of the families involved? Reversing a judgment from the Probate Court, The Massachusetts Appeals Court found for the…
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Grave Appeal: Protecting Burial Grounds
Court Bonds 08.10.2022

LLC Agreements and Estate Plans

  When your company is structured as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), its a good idea for the operating agreement to detail what happens with each member’s ownership upon death. Keep in mind that being…
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LLC Agreements and Estate Plans
Court Bonds 08.10.2022

Marriage and Trusts?

  Please outlive me. That’s how many spouses feel: they’d rather not be the one left behind. Since we just never know what our next chapters of life hold, estate planning is important—and marital trusts…
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Marriage and Trusts?