Year: 2016
The early signs of Alzheimer’s disease can be surprising. A person does not suddenly become incapacitated from Alzheimer’s disease and early warning signs may be surprising. It is extremely important that people do their estate planning before they become legally incapacitated from Alzheimer’s disease but many people wait until it is too late. Fundamental planning […]
Do not put off calling an estate planning attorney because you’re not sure of the right time. There is never a good reason to not have an estate plan because you cannot know what the future brings. And, as to when you should meet with an estate planning attorney? The answer is now. That noted, […]
A trust should change along with the laws. Trusts are created every day for personal and business reasons. A time-honored and ancient tradition, there is always a need for a third-party to manage property for the benefit of someone else. A settlor creates the trust and a trustee manages the trust property for the benefit […]
One page of a will is carried 40 miles by a tornado after home is destroyed. After a tornado hit Perry County in Tennessee it carried a page of a couple’s will 40 miles away and, after being found, helped settle their estate. Antonio and Ann Yzaguirre were killed in their home which was left […]
A celebrated figure in America for refusing to move to the back of the bus, Rosa Parks worked hard to stop people from benefiting from her celebrity. Her estate continues that policy but has lost a key case. Rosa Parks, who is famous for refusing to take a seat in the back of the bus, […]
Actor Mickey Rooney died leaving an estate worth $18,000 and his widow suspects he was murdered for his estate. Actor Mickey Rooney had a long career ranging from child star to leading man but was not a wealthy man when he passed away. His assets totaled $18,000. In a strange story, Rooney’s eighth and last […]
Alaska has long had an advantage as a preferred state for trusts but the decline of prices in the oil industry may weaken its position. One of the most popular trust haven states in the U.S has been Alaska as attorneys sought more friendly laws and taxes for their clients. Taxes were not the focus […]
One way to become a suspect in a murder case is to submit a previously unknown will that names you as the sole heir of the deceased. Jake Clyde Merendino, a wealthy man after an inheritance from his parents and the success of a business of his own, traveled a great deal and collected art. […]
The will of Melissa Mathison, who passed away in November with an estate estimated at $22 million, is missing. Melissa Mathison, famous for writing the screenplay for the movie E.T. and being the ex-wife of actor Harrison Ford, died of cancer in November. The couple’s divorce was the subject of much gossip as Mathison walked […]
Gordon Getty, the heir to J. Paul Getty’s estate, says he loaned his son money and now he wants it from the estate. Wealth and sometimes tragedy have followed the heirs to J. Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world. One was famously kidnapped as a child and had his ear cut off […]
