by Arthur Geffen | Oct 19, 2010 | Estate Planning
Dennis Hopper’s widow Victoria Duffy (pictured left) is in a heated estate battle with her adult stepchildren that is an extension of the legal wranglings that started when Hopper filed for divorce in January — a divorce that wasn’t final by...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 19, 2010 | Income Tax
With little time left on the legislative clock, policymakers will be hard-pressed to top the tax policy blunders they’ve already made this year. Most notable is their failure to decide what this year’s tax law should be. While politicians, analysts and the...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 15, 2010 | Heirs
Most states don’t have laws governing the inheritance rights of children conceived after a parent dies even as the use of assisted reproductive technologies has doubled in the U.S. over the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 14, 2010 | Probate
A probate judge in Coventry has reopened the 55-year-old estate of a relative of Gideon Welles to determine if rare artifacts, including handwritten notes by President Abraham Lincoln, were illegally sold and not included as part of the estate. Probate Case:...
by Arthur Geffen | Oct 13, 2010 | Special Needs
Planning for a loved one with special needs to be cared for after you’re gone may involve some of the most important and emotional decisions you make. And yet it’s critical to be objective about the steps you need to take to ensure not only that...
