June 2012

ARRESTING MOTION: ESTATE PLANNING FOR ARTISTS

by Christi Cottrell June 27, 2012 Estate Planning 101

PART V: WHAT? RECOGNIZING THE ASSETS. “An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he for some reason thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” [...]

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Technology Outpaces the Law – Assisted Reproduction

by Jamie Held June 25, 2012 Estate Planning 101

Historically, determining a decedent’s heirs was easy – determine all of the decedent’s living family members on the date of decedent’s death and if decedent’s wife was pregnant on the date of his death, wait [...]

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Divorce for Same Sex Couples is no Easy Feat

by Katie Lammers June 22, 2012 Estate Planning 101

As the gay marriage debate rages on across the country, another related issue is gaining traction as well—gay divorce. Gay marriage is currently legal in six states and the District of Columbia. There is no [...]

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Len Bias

by Jen Santini June 19, 2012 Obits

November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986 Leonard Kevin Bias, known as Len, was arguably one of the most promising NBA athletes ever drafted. However, Bias was never able to reach his full potential on [...]

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Holographic Wills

by Jayne Sykora June 13, 2012 Estate Planning 101

Recently, at a Wills For Heroes clinic, a first responder asked what the requirements were for a Will to be valid in Minnesota and wondered if a Will could be handwritten. I thought these were [...]

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Charles Dickens

by Jen Santini June 9, 2012 Obits

February 7, 2012 – June 9, 1870 Born Charles John Huffam Dickens in Portsmouth, England, Mr. Dickens brought us the classic works of Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations and A Christmas [...]

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Unintended Consequences: Naming a Child as Beneficiary of Life Insurance

by Anna Lima June 6, 2012 Estate Planning 101

If you are one of the millions of parents who own a life insurance policy, you may have your child named individually as a primary or contingent beneficiary if you were to pass away while [...]

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Who knew Mark Zuckerberg would offer so many lessons on estate planning?

by Jen Santini June 4, 2012 Estate Planning 101

May 2012 was a big month for Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, with his company going public and his surprise wedding to longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg and Chan were able to pull off a very [...]

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