One of our more common questions at the office, this question pops into just about every estate planning discussion. There is good reason...

One of my first trips to the courtroom involved a dispute between two brothers over a parent's handwritten disposition of a riding...

Clients often come into our office to do "estate planning" for them, which could mean a variety of services. Here is how we divide up the...

Clients routinely ask if they can be forced to pay for a parent's nursing home bills. The current answer in Pennsylvania is YES--under...

Each day, many children and other family members return home from their "regular" job and start their additional line of work, caring for...

Trusts are a fundamental component of estate planning, and clients here the term often. However, understanding the nature of trusts...

Does your Will have a tax allocation clause? How does it direct that inheritance taxes will be paid? Don't know? You probably should. Tax...

The nature of our clients' assets is changing--in many ways, for the better. We live in an increasingly non-probate world, where more and...

Special Needs Trusts: A Primer We hear the term “Special Needs Trusts” with some regularity, and many of us have a general idea as to...

Many testators (persons who have a Will) are familiar with the concept of naming a guardian for minor children. In the case where both...