estate planning Tag

01 Oct 5 Types Of A Power Of Attorney – How Do I Trust Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

Posted at 12:51h in Elder Justice, Estate Planning, Financial Powers of Attorney, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Power of Attorney

A common misconception is that there is one type of power that covers everything from financial to medical decisions. Even many who realize there should be different documents for medical and financial decisions, they are unaware of the variety of financial powers of attorney. The...

20 Sep Shannen Doherty’s Family Benefits From Deathbed Divorce in Contrast to Estate Planning to Limit Jackie O’s Inheritance

Posted at 16:20h in Asset Protection, Divorce, Probate Administration

Famed actress, Shannen Doherty, most commonly known for her television roles in “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed”, got divorced from her husband, successful photographer, Kurt Iswarienko (“Kurt”), hours before her death in California on July 13, 2024. In contrast, Aristotle Onassis planned on divorcing former first...

11 Sep Fox News Future Depends on Murdoch’s Ability to Make “Right” Pick The Real Life “Game of Thrones”

Posted at 16:14h in Business, Estate Planning, Lawsuits, Probate Administration, Trusts

Billionaire media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, is in a family feud with 3 of his children over control (after his death) of his mega media business which includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and many other newspapers and television stations. Murdoch has...

05 Sep Casey Kasem’s Widow’s Response to His Children – “Over My Dead Body Will You Move Your Father’s Dead Body”

Posted at 16:01h in Elder Justice, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Lawsuits, Probate Administration

Casey Kasem, known for radio’s “Top 40 Countdown”, died in 2014, but the war over where he should be buried between the children of his first marriage and his widow is ongoing. After years of legal battles over elder abuse, wrongful death, guardianship and end of...

02 Jul Michael Jackson’s children tell grandmother to “beat it” in estate legal battle

Posted at 11:05h in Beneficiary, Estate Planning

The children of Michael Jackson (Paris, Prince and Bigi) are no longer talking with their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, as a result of her request for Jackson’s estate to pay her legal fees of over $500,000 when she unsuccessfully challenged the sale of the rights to...

07 May TILL DEATH DO US PART – WILL O.J.’S ESTATE PAY?

Posted at 14:27h in Estate Planning

Although O.J. Simpson was acquitted in what may have been the murder trial of the century in connection with the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, a California civil jury determined he was liable for $33.5 million dollars (which...

26 Mar He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best – 20 Of The Funniest (And Strangest) Will Provisions

Posted at 13:21h in Wills

“Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it” was stated in the book “Anne of Green Gables”. There can even be laughter at death as some of the following will provisions illustrate. There are also weird bequests some of which are...

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

Posted at 13:52h in Estate Planning

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...

26 Oct Impact Of Divorce On Prior Estate Planning:Automatic Revocation Of All Your Ex’s Who Live In Texas

Posted at 10:17h in Divorce, Estate Planning

What happens if you pass and if you named your spouse as the beneficiary of your Will, trust, life insurance policy, IRA or bank account and you never change the beneficiary after divorce? It depends on the state in which you live. In Texas (and...

25 Oct 10 New Laws That Concern Elders, Estate Planning And Probate

Posted at 10:18h in Estate Planning

Although there are dozens of new laws in Texas, the following (in no particular order) are just some that affect estate planning, probate, guardianship and the elderly. Homesteads Held in Revocable Trusts Need Specific Language to Have Homestead Property Tax Exemption and Homestead Exemption for Creditor...