Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

A family member dies and you were named executor in the decedent’s will. So you go to the decedent’s bank to take out funds to pay funeral costs and other expenses, bringing the original will and the ...

Estate planning is one of those tasks that makes almost any other job look appealing, no matter how lowly. The good news is that you’ve probably already done a little bit of estate planning—you just ...

You do not have to be wealthy to start considering an estate planning strategy. Most people have something of value that they want to pass along to loved ones. Passing along something of value to a ...

In our practice, we often meet with individuals who, prior to our meeting, did not have any estate plan in place. Many times, we receive an email or a phone call from a prospective client, simply ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The proposed tax law changes, the pandemic, the threat of inflation and ...

If you've ever enjoyed a good bowl of chili, or suffered through a bad one, you know that there are countless ways to make it. The one constant is a good recipe. The recipe provides direction on the ...