Since one of my areas of practice is estate, trust & probate litigation, it is obviously not in my economic self-interest to counsel against getting involved in this type of litigation in the first place. However, first and foremost is a lawyer’s duty to his or her client, which while sometimes involves filing or defending a [...]
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Avoiding Estate, Trust & Probate Litigation
Posted in Accounting actions, Breach of fiduciary duties, Duties of executors, Duties of trustees, In the news, Interpretation of wills/trusts, Misappropriation of assets, Rights of beneficiaries, Self-dealing, Will contests, tagged Abraham Lincoln, beneficiaries, bypass, distribution, estate litigation, estate planning, fraud, intentions, no-contest, probate litigation, surprise, trust department, trust litigation, trusts, U.S. News, undue influence on November 30, 2009 |
Michael Jackson’s Father Making Push For Allowance And Say-So In Deceased Son’s Estate
Posted in Duties of executors, In the news, Interpretation of wills/trusts, Rights of beneficiaries, tagged allowance, challenge, children, control, duties, estate litigation, executor, litigation, michael jackson, probate litigation, will on November 11, 2009 |
At my house we just started giving allowances to our kids so long as they do certain chores around the house, and hopefully the experiment will teach them a number of lessons including personal responsibility, teamwork, the value of hard work, budgeting, saving, etc. Each of our children will receive one dollar (per year of their age) [...]
Last Will And Testament Of Entertainer Michael Jackson
Posted in In the news, Interpretation of wills/trusts, tagged beneficiaries, michael jackson, will on October 3, 2009 |
Michael Jackson’s recent death shocked the world, notwithstanding his controversial and mysterious past. The famous singer will not soon be forgotten, however, if nothing else because of the money, property, and incredible fortune that he left behind to his heirs. Word is that he had incurred substantial debt at the time of his death, but royalties alone from his catalogue of [...]
