by Reception | Oct 1, 2018 | Will Challenges
How do you choose who the executor of your will should be? An executor is the person or trustee company who will manage your estate after you die. Your Will names the executor, and gives them power to deal with your estate in accordance with the terms of your Will....
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 | Apr 17, 2018 | Executor Disputes
Do you know your rights as a beneficiary, if you’ve been named as one in a will? Perhaps you were expecting to be a beneficiary and have been left out of a will, or you’ve been named unexpectedly as one. Whatever your individual case, you do have rights as...
by Reception | Mar 2, 2018 | Will Challenges
An artist’s daughter has won her 15-year court battle to control her father’s $60 million estate after years of alleged estate fraud. Yien-Koo King, 82, was appointed executor of accomplished Chinese artist C.C. Wang’s estate in a Manhattan court in February. King had...
by Reception | Dec 12, 2017 | Estate Disputes
Have you considered providing for your pets in your will? In 2015, The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon died at the age of 59. As well as being famous for helping to create The Simpsons, he had been a well-known animal rights activist and philanthropist. He bequeathed...