Asset Protection, Wills, Trusts, Estate & Business Planning
Let’s be clear on this one point: If you don’t have a will, the state has one for you. That is, if you die without a will, your state’s law of intestacy will step in and make sure your assets go to someone. If you’re lucky, your desires will coincide with the state’s. If you’re […]
Here’s an interesting podcast about the do’s and don’ts of employee background checks under the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA. Enjoy now and avoid problems later.
You and a friend think you want to go into business together. Maybe you’ve even decided as much–or are at least pretty comfortable with the idea. You feel compatible with one another. He has talents you don’t have. You have talents he doesn’t have. Together you would make a great team. Or would you? May […]
The Federalist Society has a short video up titled, Drone regulation: Commercial v. Recreational use? that you may want to watch, especially if you’re, well, flying drones. It’s short. Just over 2 minutes. Enjoy.
So a relative just gave me a blank copy of her parents’s will and trust, documents prepared for them by a financial planner, a guy not licensed to practice law. I have no idea what this guy knows about financial planning. I know that he knows very little about wills and trusts. Here’s a short […]
An intriguing article on the aging judiciary on our federal courts, including our Supreme Court. I’m actually not sure where I stand on this issue. I’ve listened to many Supreme Court arguments and read my share of Supreme Court opinions over the last 40 years, and the justices impress me as pretty with it, even […]
What follows is an attempt to clarify a confusing area of firearms law–the issue of private, unlicensed persons mailing firearms. There’s a lot of misinformation out there about whether an unlicensed person–that is, a person without a Federal Firearms License or FFL–can mail or ship firearms to another unlicensed person. Before we attempt to cut […]
Your loved one has died, and you discover that you are the personal representative or executor of his or her will. What do you do now? Well, possibly the first thing you should do is order the death certificates; you’re going to need them–in spades: To file an estate tax return–if necessary. To prove to […]
So you have a will and maybe a revocable trust, documents you’ve paid your attorney good money for. And in your will–and probably in your trust as well–you’ve said you want this item of personal property to go to him and that item to go to her and some other item to go to someone […]
Below is a slightly revised version of an e-mail I just sent my gun trust clients: We finally know the effective date of the ATF’s new rules regarding gun trusts, responsible persons, and other related matters. That date is Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Once the new rules become effective, gun trust grantor/trustees will be a […]