Now that our election is over, from the Wall Street Journal comes a story this week about a person who remarried and sought out an Estate Plan that would keep the peace between his new family and his existing family. The man has adult children from his previous marriage, who were surprised that their father was, at his age, having […]
What is always important to understand, in any property ownership situation (including a dispute of most any kind), is that the existence of a registered owner, on title, is not absolutely conclusive evidence of full legal (and beneficial) ownership of the property. This issue arises fairly often in Estate situations, where the mix of documents that […]
Reasons were released this week in a Committeeship case called Simons v. Simons. The patient, an elderly gentleman, was being cared for by a number of persons, including a son and a new wife. The son sought an Order that he be permitted to act as Committee over his father’s assets and his person, but the patient’s […]
Animo Revocandi is the legal presumption that applies to a Will that was in a deceased’s possession but was not found at the time of the person’s death. The Will is presumed to be destroyed with the intention that it be revoked. In the recent case of Thierman Estate v. Thurman (reasons released last month), […]