I recently met with a client with substantial farm land. The land provides income to the family and the client wanted to make sure it...

Frequently, local judges have a day when they make all lawyers and litigants come to court and tell the judge what is going on with the...

Ronnie and Jane had two children. After Ronnie and Jane divorced, Ronnie remarried. In the divorce, Ronnie got the California ranch. ...

On November 7, 1988, President Reagan said "Now, what Vice President Bush and I have done with the economy is very important, and it must...

School starts back tomorrow. That is an exciting something that is beginning. It also means that summer is over. That is a not so...

I recently posted a blog on the cost differences between a living trust and a will and highlighting that the cost of a will must include...

Estate planning law has been needlessly complicated over the years due to the evolution of the law in general. Since America's founding,...

I get this question often. Most people who ask it are anxious about how the cost of transferring their hard earned assets at their death....

As those of you who do not live under a rock know, Prince (who is also known as the artist formerly known as Prince) passed away last...

I am a nerd. There, I admitted it. Rather than watching talking heads argue on newschannels or anything on network TV, I regularly check...

Many times you hear about some wealthy Hollywood star that died and the estate is a mess. It is probably much more common that you might...

Last week, I was talking with a woman from Hendersonville, Tennessee. She was an heir of a fairly substantial estate. She was not,...

I was meeting with a sweet couple from Gibson County recently. Their main concern was avoiding probate costs and delays and they were...

At one of my recent educational events, a man asked what he needed protect his family. The most essential thing everyone must have,...

I just finished up another legislative session. I was speaking before a group a few days ago and I was discussing taxes. A fella in the...

In February of 1990, 26 year old Terry Schiavo collapsed at home. Fifteen years later, on March 31, 2005, Mrs. Schiavo died. In between...

It happens every few weeks. Someone or a couple comes to one of my live events and asks me about the trust documents they already have....