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Typically, executing a will is associated with distributing the assets of the deceased to beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the will. Although this is one of the important functions of the executor, assets…
Read Moreabout Executor Duties: Debts Before Distributions

  Establishing a revocable living trust helps you plan for your own needs as you age or decline in capacity, and arrange for the transfer of assets to the beneficiaries named in your trust agreement….
Read Moreabout Leave These Assets Out: Trusts

Containers come in. Containers go out. That’s the role of ports. Unfortunately, the bridge and depth limitations of aging ports across the country make it hard, if not impossible, for large, modern container ships to…
Read Moreabout Port and Waterway Construction: Growth!

  A regulatory framework included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enables hyperloop projects to compete for federal funding for U.S.-based projects. This makes Virgin Hyperloop one of the construction industry’s most watched projects…
Read Moreabout Constructing Hyperloops?

With operation from San Francisco to Los Angeles slated to begin in just over 10 years, the country’s first high speed, long-distance rail line currently involves active construction at 35 sites in California’s Central Valley….
Read Moreabout California’s Speed Line?

  Working with a lawyer to set up a revocable living trust is a smart way to plan both for your own needs as you age and to ensure a smooth and timely distribution of…
Read Moreabout Funding a Revocable Living Trust?

  Estate planning experts encourage extra diligence for blended families in which the spouses married after adult children have been raised. Generally, it’s not that bad intent results in problems. Instead, unintended consequences tend to…
Read Moreabout Remarried With Adult Children?

We’ve all heard of estate sales and maybe even picked up a treasure or two while attending one. But, like everything about his legend, James Brown’s recent estate sale is unique: his entire estate was…
Read Moreabout Estate Sold: James Brown

  Let’s say Mom left the family home equally to all of the adult children, specifying that the child who had been living with her and caring for her in later years could stay for…
Read Moreabout Forcing a Sibling To Move Out?