Holidays are typically a time when families gather to share meals and memories. For many families with members scattered throughout the country, it may be the only time when everyone is together all at once.Parents of adult children may wonder if this is a good time...
You started thinking about estate planning as your kids got older. Maybe you even had your first grandchild. Suddenly, the reality of passing on your estate really hit you. You sat down and made an estate plan to distribute your assets in accordance with your wishes....
Regular readers of our Brevard County legal blog will undoubtedly recall that in a previous post we shared information about the Godfather of Soul. Twelve years after James Brown's death, his estate is yet to be settled, Forbes reports.As we mentioned last time, there...
No singer had more soul, funk or fire in front of an audience than James Brown. When he died on Christmas day 2006, the world lost one of the 20th century's most influential figures in arts and entertainment.The day of his death was also the beginning of a series of...
Imagine that your two sons have been getting along well during all of their adult lives. However, after you die, there's a disagreement between them regarding the distribution of your estate. The arguments enflame old wounds and they end up in court – fighting over...
He co-founded a technology company that transformed communications, businesses and personal lives. He was a daring venture capitalist, a generous philanthropist, owner of headline-generating professional sports teams and a man whose taste in fine art resulted in a...
If only all families were perfect: If everyone got along perfectly and agreed on everything, then there would be no need to worry when creating your will. However, no family is perfect. Siblings and other relatives who usually get along just fine may come to...
One of the many benefits of estate planning is that it helps people get through some of life’s most difficult times. We read recently a letter a man wrote to his local newspaper with a question that was both interesting and heartbreaking.He writes that his wife was...
When most people hear the word “disinheritance,” they imagine a family rift that caused a parent to write a child out of the will. In some cases, this is true. A parent may feel the need to disinherit a spendthrift child to prevent them from squandering the family...
Everyone seems to know that an estate plan is not something that you should delay. In fact, the sooner you complete your estate plan the better because we never know when our last breath will be. The last thing you want to do to your family is to leave them scrambling...