by Reception | Aug 7, 2018 | Estate Planning
JOYCE Fox had one request of her husband of 38 years in the period before dementia rendered her mute and claimed her life on June 29, 2014. She just wanted to know Kevin Fox would look after her daughters Gail and Karen – Kevin’s step-daughters – if she died...
by Reception | Jul 27, 2018 | Estate Planning
Millennials may be a young generation with death the last thing on their minds, but they also need estate planning advice. Millennials are a loosely defined group of people born between approximately 1981 to 1996, some of whom have garnered a notorious reputation for...
by Reception | Jul 20, 2018 | Estate Planning
As much of our lives migrate to the digital sphere, can you write a digital will? A Michigan court of appeals decided this week that, despite a mother’s plea, a message left behind by her 21-year-old son on his cellphone is valid as a will. Lanora Jones, 49, the...
by Reception | Jul 11, 2018 | Estate Planning
The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe in Germany ruled the mother of a 15-year-old who was hit by a train in Berlin in 2012 could have access to her daughter’s Facebook account, which Facebook had locked for privacy reasons. This means that broadly speaking, your...
by Reception | Jun 29, 2018 | Estate Planning
In estate planning, there are times when writing a will is not enough and you have to consider a testamentary discretionary trust. Writing a will is an important step in planning for the unknowable and the inevitable. Having a will is practical if you have any amount...
by Reception | Jun 22, 2018 | Estate Planning
One reason some people don’t bother to update their estate planning is because they don’t have children. With no immediate heirs, why bother with estate planning, ask childless couples and singles? But complications arise for people with are single without...
