California’s new law to allow physician-assisted death continues to be controversial, but doctors are starting to see a hidden benefit to the law. The recently enacted law that allows terminally ill patients in California to request lethal prescription medicine from their doctors, has caused a lot of controversy in the state and throughout the country. People are watching closely to see what effects the law will have, which patients will use it and what it
One way to make people hesitate before challenging a will or trust, is to include a no-contest clause, which disinherits them, if they file a legal challenge. People often get very upset when they think they have not received their fair share of a deceased family member’s estate. They can often be so upset that they decide to issue a legal challenge to the estate plan, especially if there is a substantial money involved. These
A woman in New York left a large sum of money for her cats in her will. It is becoming fashionable for wealthy people to leave large inheritances for the care of their pets, after the owner passes away. Every few months, another story makes the rounds in the media. The latest incident comes out of New York, where a widow named Ellen Frey-Wouters left $300,000 for her cats. She instructed that the money be
Everyone in Washington knows that Social Security needs to be reformed. However, that reform is unlikely to come anytime soon. The future for Social Security is inevitable. If nothing is done, then sometime in the 2030s the Social Security Trust Fund will run out of money. That does not mean that retired people will stop receiving benefits, but it does mean there will be automatic benefit cuts as the program will only be able to
Today you can not only purchase a will online and download a form to fill out, you can even find websites that will let you create a free will and sign it digitally. You should not use these services. There is stiff competition for cheap online wills. There are all sorts of websites that offer wills at various prices and even for free. There might be hundreds of these sites, if not more. They regularly
