by Brian Douglas | Sep 28, 2018 | Estate Planning
Personal injury is an area of law designed to protect individuals and families who are injured by the negligence, recklessness, or intentional act of another. Imagine you are driving home from work, and you are stuck in stop-and-go traffic. You brake behind the car in...
by Brian Douglas | Sep 17, 2018 | Estate Planning
There are all kinds of reasons to wait before doing an estate plan. We hear them all the time: “I am not out of debt yet.” “I am not wealthy enough.” “I am too busy.” Or, very often, “We aren’t even married.” There is a dangerous myth out there about estate planning...
by Brian Douglas | Sep 15, 2018 | Estate Planning
How to Plan Your Revocable Living Trust When it comes to preparing an estate plan, many individuals opt for a revocable living trust over a basic last will and testament. This choice can be for many reasons, including the privacy involved with a trust, the fact that...
by Brian Douglas | Sep 3, 2018 | Estate Planning, Probate
Last week, a court in France ruled that a text message sent shortly before a man’s death in 2016 altering his will was not enforceable. The court decided that a text message altering the terms of a legally executed will cannot be verified, and so is not considered a...
by Brian Douglas | Aug 27, 2018 | Estate Planning
Aretha Franklin recently passed away at 76 due to advanced pancreatic cancer. Last week, the media reported that the Queen of Soul died without creating a will or trust. Her four sons filed in Oakland County Probate Court and her niece, Sabrina Owens, asked to be...
by Brian Douglas | Aug 15, 2018 | Estate Planning
Special Needs Planning for the Adult Sibling Whenever a family has a child with special needs, it is normally an all-hands-on-deck type of situation. Many times, the daily care of that child becomes the sole responsibility of the family. When the parents pass away,...
