Our office is now open. We are giving options to meet in person or virtually (phone calls, audio/video meetings, etc.) as we continue to follow CDC guidelines. We have our first live “Estate Planning Essentials” workshop in over two years! It will be at our conference center on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Register by calling (214) 720-0102 or sign up online at www.dallaselderlawyer.com. We will alternate between live and virtual workshops initially. Registration for our next virtual workshop (which will be in May) by calling us or signing up online at www.dallaselderlawyer.com.

Attendees often ask questions about estate planning, probate, Medicaid and Veterans benefits. We proceed to answer the questions over the course of the workshop. Our goal is to make it easy for you to attend from the comfort of wherever you reside.

Last month a lawsuit was filed against Jerry Jones to determine if Jones is the father of a child (Alexandra Davis) who was not born of Jones’ marriage to his wife. Last year a will contest was filed against the Estate of Charley Pride by a child born outside of Pride’s marriage. The child (Tyler Pride) was only given $50,000.00 of Pride’s multi-million dollar estate. He is claiming he should be given a share of the estate equal to the children born of Pride’s marriage.

Cryptocurrency (digital currency such as Bitcoin) is on the rise in the U.S. which causes a need for additional planning not previously contemplated by estate planners. Records are kept by blockchain (not by the government) and purchased on exchanges such as Coinbase.

On March 29, 2022, the House of Representatives passed (with almost unanimous bipartisan support) a bill (commonly referred to as SECURE Act 2.0) that builds on the SECURE Act that was passed a couple of years ago. The bill (which has now been submitted to the Senate for its suggested changes) gives incentives for U.S. citizens to save more for retirement.