Funding your living trust…
- By Legacy Law Center
- February 25, 2015
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Funding Your Living Trust This blog entry explains the vital concept of funding your living trust, including explanation of the process and why it is so important. What does “funding” [...]
Read More Starting an estate plan…
- By Legacy Law Center
- November 20, 2014
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Estate planning can be intimidating. Most people don’t like to talk about death and taxes and studies show that about 55% of people die without a will or estate [...]
Read More Avoiding probate with a living trust in Missouri…
- By Legacy Law Center
- October 27, 2014
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One of the most confusing things about estate planning is the living trust. For one thing, it can have several different names, including revocable living trust, revocable trust, and sometimes [...]
Read More How to challenge a will in Missouri…
- By Legacy Law Center
- October 23, 2014
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I have practiced law in three states (California, New Jersey and Missouri) and in each state I have practiced extensively in the area of estate litigation. One of the most [...]
Read More Simple estate planning in Missouri…
- By Legacy Law Center
- October 22, 2014
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SIMPLIFIED ESTATE PLANNING Estate planning in general is pretty complex. However, depending on the needs of a client, it doesn’t necessarily have to be. I’ve stated before that there [...]
Read More Avoiding Probate in Missouri
- By Legacy Law Center
- October 6, 2014
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Avoiding probate in Missouri saves time, money and sanity.. A primary goal of almost all of my estate planning clients is to avoid probate. Probate is the process by which [...]
Read More Woman dies without a will and $1.3 million dollars…
- By Legacy Law Center
- October 6, 2014
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/granite-city-woman-leaves-behind-million—-but/article_986ed703-922f-599e-80b9-c3fa18ce9e01.html This is an interesting case. Because this woman left no clear heirs, her estate is in limbo while the court allows people who claim to be heirs file paperwork [...]
Read More Estate Planning Is More Than Just Your Stuff And Who Gets It
- By Legacy Law Center
- September 15, 2014
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During my initial consultation with new estate planning clients, I often start my explanation of what estate planning is by holding up both of my hands. I explain that one [...]
Read More One Advantage Of A Living Trust
- By Legacy Law Center
- September 8, 2014
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Perhaps you have heard that one of the best things about creating a trust is that it helps your estate avoid probate, saving your survivors a lot of [...]
Read More Philip Seymour Hoffman left nothing for his children in his will
- By Legacy Law Center
- July 28, 2014
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Philip Seymour Hoffman left nothing for his children in his will http://dailycaller.com Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died earlier this year from a drug overdose. He left three children and a [...]
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