We tend to think about property as things that are owned by people, but the law regards property as a set of rights people have over things. If you have the deed to a piece of real estate, it shows you have title to that property, meaning that you have all the rights...
Month: December 2020
Creating a financial power of attorney
When people create a will or trust in their estate planning, they usually include a living will or durable power of attorney as part of the estate planning documents. But another important advanced directive that sometimes gets overlooked is a financial POA that will...
Disinheritance and the elective share
We all have heard stories about people who learn only after the death of a close family member that they had been written out of the person's will. Sometimes disinheritance comes as a complete shock, and other times it comes after many years of arguments. In some...
