Central Montgomery County Estate Planning And Divorce Law Blog
Do you qualify for an uncontested divorce?
Pennsylvanian couples who are getting a divorce may not actually need to go to court. Uncontested divorce allows you to skip the intense court battles, though you and your spouse must fit certain qualifications in order to be eligible for it. FindLaw lists the...
read moreHow do you breach your fiduciary duty?
You may not realize it, but when you agree to become someone’s Pennsylvania estate executor or the trustee of his or her trust, you also agree to become a fiduciary. What this means, as FindLaw explains, is that you agree to put the interests of the heirs...
read moreWhat you should know about marital property
If you are currently considering filing for divorce in Pennsylvania or you have already put in your papers to terminate your marriage, you know first-hand that the divorce process can be overwhelming. With heavy emotions, it can be difficult to negotiate and settle...
read moreWhat is a charitable trust?
As you construct your Pennsylvania estate plan, you may wish to consider adding one or more charitable trusts. These are great ways to provide for your favorite church, charity, school, library, animal shelter or any other nonprofit organization while providing for...
read moreWhat makes a good co-parenting relationship?
You may be asking yourself about co-parenting if you are going through a divorce with children. Perhaps you and your future former spouse had no trouble deciding that you want to make sure the children suffer as little as possible as your marital relationship...
read moreWhat is a holographic will?
In the age of computers and word processing, most wills appear only as typed and printed documents. Indeed, that is the only type of will that some states will consider valid. However, if you are making out a will in Pennsylvania, you also have the option of...
read moreWhen custody disputes involve young children
There are all sorts of legal issues which may arise when a couple decides to split up, from disagreement and concerns surrounding the division of marital property to negative emotions associated with the divorce process. Disputes over child custody can be particularly...
read moreFAQs about Pennsylvania’s inheritance tax
States vary in what taxes they apply in relation to a person’s property upon his or her death. Some don’t have any such tax. Others have an estate tax, which is a tax on the estate as a whole. And then there are a small number of states that have...
read moreThe first steps to take when establishing an estate plan
It is not always easy to think about the future and make plans for loved ones. You may not have an estate plan because you believe that you do not need one due to the fact you are young, healthy, not wealthy or for another reason. Perhaps you have told your children...
read moreAfter a diagnosis may be too late to prepare for Alzheimer’s
Estate planning is not something that most people want to think about since it requires them to consider their deaths. That may be uncomfortable enough, but it also requires contemplation of incapacitation by an illness or injury. Some illnesses strike without...
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