Posts Categorized: Wills

Are DIY Wills Perfectly Acceptable?

/ By: academy

Category: Wills

There are websites out there selling DIY legal documents. Among their offerings are last will worksheets and downloads. These purveyors of generic template documents would like you to believe that it is simple to plan...

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No Contest Clause Limits

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Category: Wills

Wills are designed to ensure that the wishes of the deceased are carried out. Courts attempt to do everything that they can to make sure that is the case. However, that does not guarantee that...

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Abraham Lincoln’s Estate

/ By: academy

Category: Wills

Sometimes, the smartest people make the dumbest decisions that they should know better than to make. It is amazing how sometimes those decisions work out. For example, President Abraham Lincoln was an excellent lawyer who...

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Lessons From a Rapper

/ By: academy

Category: Wills

Many times in this space we have told you that if you do not have a Will your property is distributed according to state law. This should be reason enough for you to visit an...

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Another Reason to Update a Will

/ By: academy

Category: Wills

If you could name anyone to serve as the Executor of our estate, you would probably feel comfortable about nominating the sitting Vice President of the United States of America. This is especially true if...

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A Couple of Lessons From an Old Estate

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Category: Wills

Normally, in legal matters once something is decided there is a limited time that the matter can be revisited by the courts. This is because we do not want people to be able to challenge...

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