If someone with special needs depends on you for financial resourced, your estate plan should address how that support will continue when you’re no longer around. A special needs trust allows you to leave money for the care... Continue Reading
In the trust litigation case of In Re Jones Trusts, PICS Case No. 15-1259 (C.P. Montgomery, March 18, 2015) the trust beneficiaries’ objections to the trustees’ past fees were overruled where the beneficiaries either... Continue Reading
Below are general examples of property distribution schemes that show how state laws direct the distribution of a person’s probate estate when that person dies without a will. These state statutes vary significantly, however;... Continue Reading
A will is a device that lets you tell the world whom you want to get your assets. Die without one, and the state decides who gets what, without regard to your wishes or your heirs’ needs. So-called intestacy laws vary... Continue Reading
In the estate litigation case of Horn v. Richardson, PICS Case No. 15-0798 (C.P. Lycoming April 23, 2015) the Honorable Richard A. Gray ruled that the plaintiffs had a right to immediate possession of the tract of land on which... Continue Reading