American film actor and entertainer Mickey Rooney, as our readers may know, died on Sunday at the age of 93, leaving behind quite an impressive career but not a whole lot to show for it financially speaking. On Tuesday, it was revealed that the extent of the actor's...
Probate And Estate Administration
Learn about estate planning from the rich and famous
In estate planning, the possibilities for making mistakes are many. One thing that estate planning attorney enjoy doing is reviewing the mistakes made in estate planning so as to better avoid those mistakes in the future. As with divorce cases, us regular people...
Avoiding disputes over tangible personal property
As is well known, the death of a loved one tends to bring families closer together or to tear them apart. In some cases, maybe a little of both. Families find many things to fight about when a parent or loved one dies. Understandably, the fighting is often not only...
E-mail accounts and estate planning
Our readers may have heard the buzz about digital assets in estate planning. The idea is pretty simple: because more and more people are dying with significant digital assets to their name, more people need to be thinking about how their digital assets will be...
No heirs or will prove troubling in millionaire’s death
When an individual dies without a will they are said to die "intestate". As such, according to state laws, their assets are to be valued and distributed through a process known as probate. Many individuals take steps to avoid probate as it can be lengthy and...
Tips to avoid the probate process
When an individual dies, the terms of their will help dictate what happens to named personal belongings and assets. Probate is the process by which state law helps to manage, settle and distribute assets according to the terms laid out in a will. While probate is...