Category: Family Feuds

There are many things to think about when estate planning.  However, among the most crucial is to take potential family conflicts into consideration. A group of professionals including estate planning attorneys, trust officers, accountants, charitable giving professionals, insurance advisors, elder law attorneys and nonprofit advisors recently attended a conference on estate planning and a survey […]

Mediation can reduce hard feelings between family members and may prevent a permanent rift. A common way to prevent the chances of a permanent rift in a family over an estate disagreement is for the court to send the parties involved to mediation, according to the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog in “Court Rejects […]

People across the U.S. are increasingly finding success in turning to mediation to handle elder law issues within the family. Mediation has become increasingly popular through the years for handling disputes within families with some state courts going so far as to require a mediation attempt before hearing custody disputes. It is likely to be […]

While it may be a difficult task it might be wise to have an inheritance talk with your children in order to avoid future battles. Family fights can sometimes occur when your estate plan comes as a surprise to the children because they were not given any indication of what to expect when you pass […]

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 […]

Siblings often argue and sometimes there is nothing that can be done to stop them. But you can take steps to limit the drama after your passing with an estate plan. The death of a parent may lead to siblings bringing up old quarrels and differences. Old grievances, differing points of view or insights the […]