WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEBTS WHEN YOU DIE?

Most people will die with at least some debt to their name. The average total balance of debt for U.S. consumers in what is considered to be the “middle to upper middle class” is $290,000. What happens to these debts when you die? In short, when you die, debt incurred...

What is “Succession Planning”?

When people ask me what type of law I practice, I tell them that we handle mostly business law, estate planning, and probate. Because “business law” is so broad, I will often extrapolate on that and talk about how we assist entrepreneurs with everything from the start...

Welcome to…Jurassic Backyard

While many landowners, when asked to consider what their land consists of, would only think of the visible surface, this only encompasses one-third of their actual ownership. Through a concept known as cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos (roughly,...