The following article is written by Fellow Estate Planning Attorney, Alexis Martin Neely ________________________________________ I have major mixed feelings about LegalZoom. I’m not going to lie, I am mighty impressed by the business acumen of the lawyers who started LegalZoom. Generally speaking, lawyers are the worst business people, but not these guys. They are smart….
I found the article repinted below in the San Jose Mercury News, about an "End of Life" case going on right now in Fresno. Thanks go to fellow Personal Family Lawyer John Erik Fraker of the firm Ainer & Fraker, for alerting me to this case. As the title indicates, there are definite parallels to…
Today’s post is from guest blogger William John Camp of Warner Robins and the law firm of Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hinson. In my opinion (and in the opinion of many other attorneys in Georgia) John is the premier attorney in Georgia of family law issues related to the military. He has been invited by…
Q: Wills vs. Trust. . . why do you say we need both? A. A Will is a legal document that tells a Court how you want your assets to be distributed after your death. If you have over a certain amount of assets (varies by State), it requires the Executor to go into Court…
While reading my Twitter posts this week, I was very pleased and surprised to see a post from @lexmonitor indicating that I was named featured author of the day for July 23, 2008! LexMonitor is a daily review of law blogs and journals highlighting prominent legal discussion and the professionals participating in this conversation.
The Fulton County Daily Report has today reported that a judge has unsealed most of the files in the divorce case of House Speaker Glenn Richardson and his ex-wife, Susan. The day the divorce case was filed in February, Paulding Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge James R. Osborne, who once practiced law with Glenn Richardson,…
Don’t miss some of the less obvious things you need to include in your divorce settlement. Here are five things you need to consider: 1.Credit card debt. The division of credit card debt is usually outlined in the final divorce order, but make sure the account numbers are listed, so that if the credit card…
What is Probate? At death, your will goes through probate. Probate simply means the process by which your last will is determined to be your final dispositive statement and which confirms the appointment of the person or institution you have named to administer your estate. The term probate is also used in the larger sense…
One of the most unique and special parts of my estate planning practice are what are known as "Priceless Conversations." These were the creation of Scott Farnsworth of Sunbridge Legacy. The following is excerpted from an article written by Andrew Gluck, Editor at Large, Financial Advisor Magazine, about Scott and these fantastic tools for capturing…
Redondo Beach, CA – On July 31, 2006, the Barber family was in a tragic car accident. Parents Melanie and Casey died. Their family was thrown into a nightmare. This is a true story. Mel and Casey had talked about naming guardians to provide for the care of their sons and the money they’d leave…
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I’m not sure there are official statistics for this, but based on my years of experience as a Marietta wills and trust lawyer, the number one reason people don’t do their estate plan is that they simply can’t face their own mortality. In a way, we are like the groundhog…occasionally we stick our heads out…