Downs Law Firm, P.C.
After the 2022 midterms, the estate of late songwriter Tom Petty tweeted a statement that condemned the use of Petty’s 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down” in one failed gubernatorial campaign.
The oldest son of Anne Heche has filed a petition to assume control of the late actress’s estate.
A spendthrift trust allows you to leave funds to a beneficiary without giving them full control over those funds.
Creating a list of digital accounts and instructions on how to gain access to them is now akin to having a traditional will or a trust in estate planning.
John R. Nelson was Prince’s brother and oldest brother. He was born in 1944.
Usually when asked to be the executor of a family member’s estate, the person feels honored and trusted. It’s a big responsibility, since the executor will be carrying out a person’s final wishes.
The Wealth Advisor’s recent article entitled “Beware of These Common Estate Planning Scams” advises you to avoid these common estate planning scams. Cold Calls Offering to Prepare Estate Plans. Scammers call and email purporting to be long lost relatives who’ve had their wallets stolen and are stranded in a foreign country. Seniors fall prey to…
When an estate is named beneficiary of an IRA, what is the method of distributing it to one individual in the most tax-effective way?
Is there a person on the planet who doesn’t love the Peanuts characters? Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Pigpen, Schroeder, and the gang are the iconic creations of Charles Schulz. In fact, it is still so popular that they earned Schulz’s estate $32.5 million over the last year, two decades since his death due to cancer.
There are continuing misconceptions regarding what powers are held by a personal representative and when he can exercise them.
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