In the classic Disney movie The Aristocats, a wealthy woman puts her cats in danger when she informs her attorney that she plans to leave her vast fortune to her feline family. Her butler overhears the conversation and decides to claim the inheritance for himself by catnapping the furry heirs […]
Category: Wills & Trusts
You had your estate planning attorney prepare a revocable living trust document. You’ve told your family about the trust and made sure your alternate trustee understands how it works. Now you can relax knowing your loved ones won’t need to deal with probate, right? Wrong. If you don’t take the […]
Young adults often focus on their future. That future might include college, job prospects, new living arrangements, or just a further consideration about what they want next in life. They are not thinking about death, and neither are their families. So a gift certificate to the family estate planning attorney […]
Not only does divorce impact your life in nearly every conceivable way, it also affects what happens after your death, too. Even if you don’t want it to. If you are divorced or nearing the end of the divorce process, it is a good idea to talk to your attorney […]
We associate trusts with wealth, and we know people take money out of trusts. That leads many people to think that a trust is like a type of super bank account. But is that accurate? Below, our McKinney trust attorney explains how a trust works. While trusts share some similarities […]