Getting Organized: Tips on Cleaning Out your Clutter. Should it go or should it stay? What you really need to keep. What did you do on New Year’s Eve? Did you go out to a fancy restaurant or grab drinks with friends? Perhaps you put in some old movies or played board games with your […]
Getting Organized: Cleaning out the clutter
Harmless Error Wills
Oregon, like most states, has laws regulating what sorts of documents constitute a “will” and how to execute such documents so they are valid and enforceable. Some examples of the kinds of things different states require are whether every page needs to be signed or initialed, whether it needs to be signed in front of witnesses […]
Oregon Transfer-on-Death Deeds – A New Club for your Estate Planning Bag?
I remember when my Dad bought his first 7-Wood. He was always looking for new and different clubs to add to his golf game. His golf buddies tried it out and pretty well unanimously decided it was useless. My Dad, however, consulted with the club pro about incorporating it into his game, and practiced and […]
Don’t Step in That… Common Estate Planning Mistakes, Part 2
We pick up where we left off yesterday, regarding many common estate planning mistakes that can be avoided by consulting a qualified attorney (before it’s too late, of course). 6. Failing to plan for incapacity. I don’t know how accurate it is but I’ve heard it mentioned that the average American between the ages of […]
Don’t Step in That… Common Estate Planning Mistakes
Part 1 Okay, so you’ve read about how important a will or other estate plan can be (or maybe you haven’t yet but can remedy that by clicking here). Now you’re thinking about your estate plan and how to provide for those people, pets, and causes you care about most after you are gone. Here is […]
What’s the big deal? Why you need a will.
The purpose of a last will and testament. Black’s Law Dictionary defines a ‘will’ as follows: n, 2. A document by which a person directs his or her estate to be distributed upon death <there was no mention of his estranged brother in the will>. A will is, then, a tool that allows you to […]