Monthly Archives: August 2025
Types Of Special Needs Trusts
The past few years have made it abundantly clear that money and health are both scarce resources. You might think that you will never need a special needs trust, but this probably reflects a hubristic view of your own future or a narrow understanding of medical special needs and of trusts. Contrary to popular… Read More »
Not Everyone Needs A Trust, But Do You?
You come from a sufficiently privileged background that, when you transferred from private school to public school, your new classmates called you a trust fund baby, but you never thought much about what it meant. It was enough, though, to leave you with the impression that trust funds were something that only rich people… Read More »
Found Family As Beneficiaries Of Your Will
People tend to use terms like “work spouse” disparagingly, but in certain professions, the people you meet at work become like family to you. The inheritance laws of the United States make it such that the testator of a will can leave any portion of his or her estate to anyone he or she… Read More »
Will Contest Clauses
On the one hand, a will is a legally binding document, your last flex to show your ungrateful children that they don’t get a penny and your favorite wildlife rescue shelter gets your entire estate. On the other hand, a will is just a wish that a dead person made before dying. A will… Read More »