Estate Planning

News Roundup – 3/25/2022

March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month. March is also National Kidney Month. We regularly post links to news articles and…

2 years ago

Form: Simple Last Will and Testament

Although we do NOT recommend that you prepare your own Will, an example of a form published by the Southern Judicial…

2 years ago

News Roundup – 3/11/2022

March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month. March is also National Kidney Month. We regularly post links to news articles and…

2 years ago

Oregon’s Expanded Medicaid Estate Recovery Pulls Home Back Into Estate

In Department of Human Services v. Hobart, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled, on March 2, 2022, that Oregon's Medicaid…

2 years ago

Frivolous Objection to Will Triggers Attorney’s Fees

On March 4, 2022, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided In re Estate of Elinor J. Ferrell (A21A1361). There, Alvin…

2 years ago

News Roundup – 3/4/2022

We regularly post links to news articles and other resources that might be of interest to our viewers. We focus…

2 years ago

Testamentary Gift Adeemed by Extinction

In In re Estate of Tom Cone, Jr., filed February 28, 2022, the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the Probate…

2 years ago

Irrevocable Trust was not an available resource when determining Medicaid eligibility

In Geyen v. Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Human Services, 964 N.W.2d 639 (2021), Dorothy Geyen's application for Medicaid was…

2 years ago

Probate Court had jurisdiction to construe consent order in the context of Petition to Settle Accounts

On February 24, 2022, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided In re Estate of Plybon (Appeal No. A21A1740, 2/24/2022). There,…

2 years ago

News Roundup – 2/25/2022

February is American Heart Month! Read President Biden's Proclamation on American Healrth Month 2022 We regularly post links to news…

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