The challenges of Alzheimer’s disease are becoming more and more familiar to millions of Americans. Its direct cause yet a mystery to medical science, the disease seemingly strikes at random with no regard for intelligence or accomplishment, wealth or generosity. For...
If you’ve ever had a friend, child, or even grandchild effortlessly solve a technology problem that had frustrated you endlessly, you can probably empathize with the millions of Americans who forgo estate planning because they fear it is highly complicated and...
If you have been named the Personal Representative of someone’s estate or the Trustee of a Trust, you may be unaware of all the details this responsibility entails. Most parents name a child as a personal representative, but seldom do children then do the...
As a general rule, Personal Representatives in a probate administration are not liable for the debts of the estate. If they were, no one would be willing to serve for risk that the estate couldn’t cover all the bills. But, like many things in the law, there is...