Feeling a need to set up your estate plan, but currently short on the cash needed to pay an attorney? What are your options? This particular topic is difficult to give advice on [...]

Most of my clients tell me they know they need a Trust, but they don’t know what kind and they don’t really know what a Trust can do.Trusts are similar to a registered business. [...]

Step 1: Calling 911 is appropriate. Many, if not most deaths, occur after someone has reached an age that death seemed likely and requires little or no investigation. The police [...]

All of Estate Planning boils down to (1) recording what you want to happen to your property when you pass on and (2) taking care to meet all the requirements of state law to [...]

Feeling a need to set up your estate plan, but currently short on the cash needed to pay an attorney? What are your options?   This particular topic is difficult to give advice on [...]

If you have ever had a discussion about Wills, Trusts and general estate planning, you may have heard the word “probate” come up as something awful to be avoided at all costs.  [...]

If you are reading this article on Probate, you may be going through the many stresses that follow losing a loved one. We are here to help you learn your options in an [...]

Should I Add My Children to the Deed on My Home? The short answer, almost always, is NO, please don’t! But there are exceptions. As an attorney and a licensed Title Officer, [...]

William James, an American philosopher and psychologist, said, “When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.” In Utah, when you don’t [...]

Most people have heard of a Will because it is so commonly portrayed in books and movies. All of the heirs are shown sitting with rapt attention while an attorney reads the Will [...]

In Utah, state law allows you to make your own will for free if you choose to. This is often referred to as a “holographic will”. Holographic wills don’t require witnesses. To make [...]

This article will discuss general principles of law. Please do not take action based on this article alone. Only an attorney can discuss your specific situation with you and then [...]

Most people don’t worry about their own Estate Plan until someone they care for, like an aged parent, becomes incapacitated or dies. With their incapacity or death, suddenly the [...]