Posts Tagged ‘probate’
Ten Biggest Mistakes You Can Make In Your Estate Plan
February 8th, 2019 by David Goldfarb
Writing a “Top Ten” list for mistakes in an estate plan is especially challenging, as there are a myriad of mistakes that people, and their planners, can make. But in my years of being involved in all aspects of estates – from the drafting of wills, to administering estates after someone dies, to fighting in […]
LIVING TRUST – IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU?
May 27th, 2014 by David Goldfarb
What is a “Living Trust”? Living trusts[1] (also known as “revocable trusts” and “revocable living trusts”) are often useful devices that can be used, in tandem with something called a “pourover will” (discussed below) to avoid probate or reduce the probate process’s affect on your loved ones after you die. A living trust acts […]
Estate Planning Resources on the Web
February 10th, 2014 by David Goldfarb
Goldfarb Abrandt & Salzman LLP’s Trusts & Estates Articles. ABA’s Wills: Why You Should Have One and the Lawyer’s Role in Its Preparation Should I Have a Will? from Goldfarb & Abrandt LaGuru Internet Law Library: Trusts and Estates Cornell’s State Probate Statutes on the Internet Estate Planning Links National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys […]
Should I Have A Will?
February 9th, 2014 by David Goldfarb
Intestate or Testate A person who dies with a will is said to have died testate. A person who dies without a will dies intestate. In either case, the person who dies is called the decedent, and the property the person leaves at death is called the his or her estate. It is always preferable […]
