by Jim Miskell | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration
In December 2020 a wild story began to circulate among estate planning attorneys. The tale told of a friend’s father who had buried $50K in the backyard, intending to pass the money onto his yet unbegotten grandchildren. When the father passed away, his two sons each...
by Jim Miskell | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning
If you’ve ever read T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland” you might have wondered why April, not January, is described as “the cruelest month.” Surely, Eliot had his reasons and yet January seems like a strong contender for this dubious honor. After all, it is the coldest...
by Jim Miskell | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog, Estate Planning, Probate, Probate and Estate Administration
Ask any ten people on the street to explain probate court to you and, as less than half of US adults have any sort of estate plan, five will likely have no idea, and the rest will tell you it’s where your family goes to suffer after you die. Neither of these answers...
by Jim Miskell | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Estate Planning
Some estate planning mistakes are inevitable, after all, it can be a complicated process. However, you don’t want to take a chance on making a permanent mistake in your estate planning documents. You’ve had a meaningful life, both acquisitively and through the...
by Jim Miskell | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog, Estate Planning
It is hard to believe that we are heading into winter and flu season with the pandemic continuing to rage on. The coronavirus has been unforgiving with how deadly it has proven to be. With mortality at the forefront of the minds of so many, now is the time to finalize...
by Jim Miskell | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, Estate Planning
Rest assured be it through a will or a living trust, your assets will end up distributed to your loved ones according to your wishes. Your choice of estate planning vehicle does not influence the distribution of your life’s work; however, it does determine the route...
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