Welcome to the March Issue of the
Texas Elder Law E-Letter
 
 

The next Estate Planning Essentials Workshops will be Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. until noon.  Registration can be made by calling us at (214) 720-0102 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 (although there will be a presentation also).

 
 

We also do videos.  Click here if you would like to see one of the more popular videos from last year.

 

 

Please note that Michael B. Cohen’s radio show on estate planning and elder law can be heard on KAAM (770 AM) on Mondays and Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Prior shows (topics are categorized) can be heard as podcasts on SoundCloud and as indicated on our website www.dallaselderlawyer.com. Our podcasts can also be heard on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to be notified of future releases. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Michael B. Cohen's Latest Blogs

 

 

 

 

Jay Leno’s Lack Of Estate Planning Results In Seeking Conservatorship Over Wife Will His Car Collection Crash?

 

Jay Leno has filed a petition in a California court to seek conservatorship over his wife, Mavis, who is believed to have Alzheimer’s Disease or some other form of dementia.  Leno is seeking conservatorship since Mavis no longer has sufficient mental capacity to do an estate plan. 

 

 
 

 
 

15 Will Drafting Mistakes For Texas Wills

 

Whether a will is drafted by an attorney or not, there are often mistakes that should be avoided including, but not limited to, the following:

 

 
 

 

 

 

George Carlin’s Estate Sues Since AI Fake Comedy Was No Laughing Matter

 

The Estate of George Carlin (the Estate) is suing an alleged state-of-the-art entertainment AI (artificial intelligence) company called Dudesy, LLC and its comedians, Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen, and others for the use of Carlin’s voice and sense of humor using AI without the consent of the Estate resulting in copyright infringement and deprivation of right of publicity for use of his name and likeness to profit.

 

 
 

 
 

A Green Thumb After Death? Human Composting “Circle Of Life” Laws Are Trending

 

Do you want an alternative to traditional burial or cremation? In the past 5 years, 7 states (and Arizona presently has a bill pending to make it the 8th state) have legalized the ecological death care process of using microbes to break down the body so that it can be fertile soil (for flowers, trees, etc.). 

 

 
 
 
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