Recent Posts Tagged With 'wills'

• Some Life Events Should Prompt a Visit to Your Estate Planning Attorney

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 10:49 in divorce, estate planning, guardian, wills, prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, beneficiary designation, minor children, contingent trust

  The following is a list of events that warrant setting up an appointment with your estate planning attorney: First Marriage – In most instances when a couple marries, they will want reciprocal wills that leave their estates to each oth...

• Every Time I See an Ad for LegalZoom I Cringe

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 20:13 in estate planning, wills, trusts, legalzoom

  You have seen Robert Shapiro, the criminal attorney known for his representation of O.J. Simpson, on these ads for Legalzoom.com.  He is plugging his website-based product as an easy, inexpensive way to, among other things, form a legal entity, get ...

• What’s an Ethical Will?

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 12:50 in wills, ethical will

  According to a Columbus Dispatch article, a hospice physician in Minnesota is promoting a new document referred to as an ethical will.  What is an ethical will?  The article describes an ethical will as a document where the writer describes “forc...

• What Should Your Will Do For You?

  Posted on Saturday February 21st, 2009 at 20:17 in disabled, guardian, wills, bond, last will and testament, executor, pour-over

  We all know that a will can transfer a decedent’s property.  What else should your will do?  First, your will should nominate a person(s) to serve as executor.  It should specifically authorize your executor to do things, like sell property, wit...

• New Planning Tool Available in Ohio

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 15:14 in funeral, wills, burial, planning tool, bodily remains

  In the past, some people stated their burial preferences in their last will and testament. Although they were stating their intentions, that practice was ineffective. First, most funerals and the disposition of bodily remains would occur before the w...

• 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...