The Estate Law Library

Fortunately, there is a way to avoid such asset loss through effective estate planning with tools such as a living trust with protective language. How to avoid the loss of your assets? By setting up a living trust and placing all of your assets into the trust, you can...

When an individual dies without a valid will, they are considered to have died “intestate.” Intestacy statutes are considered default statutes, and they govern the distribution of a decedent’s probate assets when no valid will exists. This means that some of your...

Ashley and Jon's Story Ashley and Jon met in their first year of college and eagerly wed within weeks of their graduation. Ashley accepted a job as a dental assistant, and Jon went on to earn his M.D. and became a well-known physician in the area just a few years...

Kaylee's Story Kaylee Springer was full of life and ready to start a new chapter in Florida with her husband, Jonathan, when she went into cardiac arrest at her home in Key West at the age of 25 in August 2002. Kaylee was successfully resuscitated by emergency medical...

Caroline and Connor Morrison were loving parents to three young boys. However, in June 2010, their lives were tragically cut short in a car accident. While their sons survived the accident, Caroline and Connor did not. This was just the beginning of a difficult...

There was a family of three. The mother had two children, a son Adam and a daughter Ada. They lived happy life together and didn't really worry about the future. They assumed that things would fall into place naturally. Dementia Unfortunately, one day, the mother...

The Inheritance  Christine, David, and Justin inherited $400,000 each from their father after his death. Unfortunately, their father's poor planning led to unexpected consequences. Their father made a simple plan which lacked extra protections. Under his plan, all...

True Story When my son Bob was only 3 years old, I was out to dinner one night with my husband. That was in 2020. As we were eating, it occurred to me that my baby boy was home with a 16-year-old babysitter, While l had created an estate plan, I realized that if...