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Since January 2006, A law blog (BLAWG) for professionals and the general public in Ohio regarding estate planning, trust and probate law.

Lawyers at Fault for Not Effectively Marketing the Importance of Wills?*

Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 14:44 in Marketing, Advertising, wills, probate, intestacy

An article titled “Marketing Wills” is raising a mild stir among some bloggers. The article that appears in the Elder Law Journal, Volume 16, No. 1, 2008, suggests that many people die without wills because attorneys are not doing a good job of m...
Do It Yourself Projects Should Not Include Will Preparation

Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 13:25 in wills, probate, intestacy, disinherit

Although it may be an infrequent occurrence, some parents intentionally disinherit their children. Today’s Columbus Dispatch included a Cleveland Plain Dealer article by James F. McCarty that provided a good example. The story, Son Who Tried to Kil...