Newsworthy
This month, I was honored to be included in Houstonia Magazine’s list of “Top Lawyers” for 2014! This is the second year in a…
Planning for Special Circumstances
Most obituaries are sterile. They provide basic information about the deceased person’s birth, death, and those they left behind, but are short…
A friend of mine who volunteers for hospice wondered out loud a couple of weeks ago: “Why is it that more people die around…
A friend of mine died this week. She wasn’t a close friend, but we had been members of the same group for many years, and saw each…
FAQs About Powers of Attorney and Directives
While standing in line at the grocery store a few days ago, the cover of People magazine caught my eye. It was a photograph of Brittany Maynard,…
FAQs About Dying Without A Will
I explained last week that an heir is a person who will inherit your property by virtue of a state’s intestacy laws if you die without…
FAQs About Dying Without A Will, FAQs About Wills
The words “Beneficiary” and “Heir” are often used interchangeably, but each word has a very specific legal definition. A beneficiary is someone who benefits from the transfer…
Most of my clients are healthy when they contact me. Estate planning is something in which they are engaging as a precautionary measure rather…
Wendy S. Goffe wrote a great guest article on Forbes.com last week that offered tips to avoid problems that can result from incomplete or inaccurate IRA beneficiary…
FAQs About Wills, Probating a Will
I’ve received several emails the past few weeks asking whether it is possible for a beneficiary of an estate to also serve as executor. Naming someone as…