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Estate Planning Lawyer Family Courts oversee several different types of family related cases including child support agreements. What is child support? This financial court order is in place to ensure the health and well-being, both physically and emotionally, of the…

Will Lawyer Once you have written your will, it’s important to make sure that you regularly update it. This is especially the case when you experience significant life changes. There are key reasons to update a will and enlist an…

Probate Lawyer Dying with a will is better than dying without one. But it’s the bare minimum a person should have in their estate plan. An estate plan is more than just a will. It’s the whole plan of what…

I recently met with a mother (“Mary”) and adult daughter (“Susan”), who came in to discuss the situation with Dad (“Bill”). Bill and Mary have been divorced since 2002. Bill was an alcoholic. He was 71. He now has alcohol…

My husband and I had the most amazing honeymoon in 2000. We went on a 10 day cruise in French Polynesia. We flew from Los Angeles to Tahiti, where we were immediately taken to the cruise ship, which at the…

Will Lawyer The last thing you may be thinking about following a divorce is the importance of updating your will. Chances are, your will is one that you created with your ex spouse. Because of this, the decisions you made…

Estate Planning Lawyer When a person sits down to start writing his or her estate plan, rarely do they imagine that their trust will go through litigation. Despite doing their very best to prevent their trust from being disputed in…

Burt Reynolds, the legendary actor, sadly died in September 2018, at the age of 82. According to his Last Will and Testament, which was reportedly obtained by TMZ in a People Magazine article, he left his only son out of…

Clients often have the desire to rule from the grave. Although this seems like such a negative thing, I actually think of it as a positive thing. My background as an immigrant family, coming to the United States in the…

I recently watched the movie “All the Money in the World.” It was great. It is true story of the grandson of John Paul Getty, Sr. being kidnapped for ransom, and the events that occurred to set his grandson free.…