Monthly Archives: January 2026
The Secret Life Of A Deceased Person’s Estate
The estate of a deceased person has a lot in common with a zombie, when you think about it from a certain perspective. The estate comes into existence only after someone dies, and only because there is unfinished business. It is your job, as the personal representative of the estate, and therefore as the… Read More »
A Brief History Of Trust Law
It is easy to look to the past as a time of creativity, or else of simplicity, that we do not see today. Can anyone alive today recite Beowulf or the Aeneid from memory or craft the stained-glass windows of Notre Dame Cathedral? Do we even stop scrolling long enough to contemplate these things?… Read More »
You Are Not Too Young To Lock Into Your Year End Estate Plan
Our generation has gotten a raw deal. The promises of financial stability that so many people in our parents’ generation grew up with now seem out of reach, or at least so uncertain that it seems naïve, if not irresponsible, to sink so much energy into pursuing them. Neither you nor any of your… Read More »
Probate For Misanthropes
Some people can only persuade themselves to work on their estate plans by telling themselves that death and what comes after it is a party. Old age is the phase of your life where you gleefully cross items off your bucket list. People have euphemistically been calling funerals, “celebrations of life” for decades, but… Read More »