When Your Child Leaves for College, Don’t Forget to Pack Their Estate Plan!

High school graduation season has once again come and gone. Now the newly graduated high school seniors are looking to their futures, and many have plans to attend college in the fall. This is a very exciting time for them – the first step into adulthood.  The checklist of things to bring with them to.. read more →

Preparing Your Estate Plan for Divorce

Approximately fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. A person contemplating divorce should review his or her assets and joint estate planning documents with his or her estate planning attorney to determine what may be done to legally  protect the assets and “untangle” the joint plan. The goal for the person contemplating divorce is to.. read more →

Why do we know the intimate details of Whitney Houston’s estate?

I, like everyone else, was surprised and sad to hear that singer Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012, at the age of 48.  Whitney was not married at the time of her death and was survived by her only child, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, age 19.  Naturally, as a celebrity, people are interested in.. read more →