Perhaps you have decided now is the time to tackle estate planning; you have put it off long enough. What is your game plan? Which estate planning tools best address your situation? With an idea in mind and a little advance preparation, the task will be much less...
Who can forget the overwhelming joy many in the LGBTQ+ community felt when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision to effectively legalize same-sex marriage across the United States? That said, that decision obviously did not mandate every LGBTQ+ person to...
Seeing as the new year has begun, most people living in Virginia have started to carry out their New Year's resolutions and take more responsibility for their lives. One of the best ways to step up and be more responsible is to plan for the inevitable and prepare...
Your disability does not keep you from many important day-to-day tasks. However, it does make life expensive and difficult when it comes to your medical needs. A family member wants to leave an inheritance to you, but your medical needs will drain those assets....
Developing a viable estate plan involves more than just making a will for distributing assets. Virginia residents may be interested to know that the people they pick to carry out their plans can be just as important as the documents themselves. Picking the wrong...
There are multiple ways to attempt to avoid probate including the use of beneficiary designations on life insurance policies, retirement accounts, and other similar accounts. Other ways to avoid probate are through joint ownership, however, joint ownership may not be...
The following question was asked on Avvo.com by a person in Roanoke, Virginia:"Is my wife's sister's husband entitled to assets from her brother's estate? My wife's brother passed away without a will, he was divorced for 35 years and had no children. His only...
The Law Office of Deborah N Arthur has undergone changes in the past few years that we are excited to tell you about in our first blog posting.Deborah's daughter, Rebecca, graduated from law school and passed the Virginia State Bar Exam in 2012 - joining the office as...
