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Avoiding Problems When Using Electronic Signatures
Although the benefits of signing documents electronically heavily outweigh the potential disadvantages involved in this process, individuals choosing to use an electronic signature service should be aware of the following pitfalls that may...
How To Find a Pro Bono Attorney
There’s so much legal advice on the Internet that it’s easy to forget how many people struggle to be able to afford it. And when people below the poverty line face genuine, difficult...
What To Do When Your Driver’s License Has Been…
“License and registration please.” These words can be unnerving enough during a routine traffic stop. But consider how these words feel when you’re driving with a suspended license. They probably sound like impending...
Buying or Selling French Property? How to Choose th…
Buying a property in France requires the specialist legal assistance of highly-trained, qualified lawyers suitably experienced in such matters. It is not just permitted to have your own legal advisor, it is highly...
Archive for Trusts, Wills and Probate
When Can A Will Be Properly Contested?
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Contesting a will can be a difficult decision – and it can have difficult consequences. Problems from inheritance have plagued mankind for millennia, and even in modern times, there are never any easy...
How To Use Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes
Monday, August 8th, 2011
In modern parlance, a “trust” has the connotation of extreme wealth, of an upper-crust legal refinement that most people in the middle-class wouldn’t be able to enjoy. But in reality, a legal trust...
Ten Ways to Legally Reduce Your Estate Tax Burden
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The estate tax is often a tax many people don’t worry about – that is, until they finally sit down and try to figure out how much they’ll be leaving behind. The federal...
What Most Americans Don’t Know About Estate Pl…
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
In America, our culture can often be described as “impatient.” A flight that’s delayed ten minutes can feel like a lifetime of waiting. A text message that takes ten seconds longer to send...
A Guide to Differences Between Wills and Living Will…
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Let’s be honest: when it comes to estate planning, a lot of people prefer the bliss of ignorance to the bliss of wisdom. Wills, to them, are complicated things, reminders of our own...
How to Choose the Right Executor for Your Will
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
What is one of the most valuable social resources? Simple: trust. When you trust someone implicitly, it gives you an ally – someone who can take care of you when you’re sick or...
The Importance of Beneficiary Designations
Friday, December 10th, 2010
When was the last time your reviewed the beneficiary designation form from your retirement plan, IRA, life insurance policies or annuities? If your answer is typical, you don’t remember. A recent U.S. Supreme...
The Future of the Federal Estate Tax
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
As of February of 2010, the United States enjoyed more than a month of complete repeal of the federal estate tax. Before its repeal, the federal estate tax was almost as old as...
Asset Protection with Estate Planning
Monday, September 20th, 2010
What’s the single hottest topic in California estate planning? Here in Sacramento foreclosures are a popular topic but not so much for people with assets. Estate tax law changes are always in vogue...
You Signed Your Revocable Trust, But Did You Fund It…
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
A properly funded trust will avoid probate upon your death and provide management of your assets without court involvement should you become disabled or incapacitated. Although your Last Will and Testament may provide...
