What Did My Stepmother Do with Dad’s Estate?
One of our Oakland clients, “Dan”, stopped by our office to get information to help his family solve a puzzle. He and his two sisters...
23 July, 2018
One of our Oakland clients, “Dan”, stopped by our office to get information to help his family solve a puzzle. He and his two sisters...
These days, it’s become the norm for couples who’ve been dating for a period of time to move in together. They generally share their bills...
Dr. Barak Gaster is a Seattle internist who spent three years working with specialists in geriatrics, neurology, palliative care and psychiatry to create a dementia-specific...
When creating Living Trusts, most of us know that we need to identify our beneficiaries and the way in which we distribute our assets among...
When a loved one dies, there are laws governing the distribution of property. If that person had a Will or Living Trust, the legal document...
Former first lady Barbara Bush had been in declining health for several years. Just days before her death at age 92, we read that she...
Why don’t more East Bay families have Living Trusts? Good question. But here are some of the excuses: 1. I don’t have an estate--why do I...
Just as more traditional assets such as real estate and financial accounts can be passed on to beneficiaries, intellectual property is considered an asset that...
Elise sat in her kitchen staring at a huge, meaningless pile of bills, bank statements, outstanding invoices and cancelled checks. She had always been close...
I don’t know what it’s like in your neighborhood, but where I live, everyone seems to have a dog. On my morning walk I routinely...
Few topics are as polarizing as guns and the controversy that inevitably surfaces over the second-amendment right to bear arms. Guns have dominated the headlines...
End-of-life planning can be an unsettling process. No one wants to think about death, much less plan for it. Yet while the majority of our...