by Christine Brown | Sep 8, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Business |
Giving your children and grandchildren the legacy and pride of a family business can keep your nose to the grindstone for decades. Financial security, family harmony, and growing wealth together are some of the benefits of a family business. Legacies are meant to...
by Christine Brown | Aug 8, 2017 | Estate Planning, Inheritance, Wills |
You’ve worked hard to leave your children a financial legacy, and the last thing you want is for half of your child’s inheritance to walk out the door with an ex-spouse if he or she gets divorced someday. But, under today’s laws, that could actually happen if you...
by Christine Brown | Jul 21, 2017 | Estate Planning, Executor, Power of Attorney |
One of the many questions Torrance estate planning lawyers get asked is how long is a Power of Attorney in effect. The answer to that question is complicated in the beginning, but very simple at the end: depending on what type of Power of Attorney you have, it may be...
by Christine Brown | Jul 14, 2017 | Estate Planning, Executor, Wills |
When making an estate plan and Last Will and Testament with Long Beach Will and Trust lawyers, many people have a difficult time deciding who should be the Executor of their estate. Oftentimes, they will consider naming Co-Executors – two or more people who serve as...
by Christine Brown | Jul 7, 2017 | Estate Planning |
Recent studies have shown that only a little more than half of all Americans have a Will or Trust document in place to direct their estate after they pass away, and that the vast majority of those documents have not been updated in the last five years. Even worse,...
by Christine Brown | Jun 15, 2017 | Estate Planning, Inheritance |
This may sound like a situation for a movie, but as a Torrance estate planning lawyer, I have actually received a few calls like these. A long-lost child appears after the death of their parent. This is an alarming situation for so many reasons, but people often...
