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When putting together a will, it is considered good practice to include the name of an executor. This named person is the one who will be in charge of carrying out key functions, such as distributing assets to beneficiaries and taking care of any financial...

Pennsylvania's power of attorney requirements changed at the beginning of the year. In truth, some changed in 2014, but everything included in the bill passed last year is now in full force. And while change can be hard in this area of the law, the good news is that...

We are still talking about slayer statutes and what happens to the heir or beneficiary who is responsible for the death of the testator/grantor. As we have said, you cannot kill your father, be convicted of the crime and still inherit his millions. Pennsylvania...

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case this term about the three-drug protocol used in lethal injection executions. The appellants are from Oklahoma, but Pennsylvania is not a stranger to death penalty issues. A shortage of the necessary drugs, reaching a milestone...

We have covered a lot of territory in the last few months. Powers of attorney, trusts, estate planning mistakes and strategies -- all good information, if we do say so ourselves. All of these subjects are good topics for conversations with an estate planning attorney,...

We are going back to wrap up our discussion about powers of attorney. In our Sept. 22 post, we were going over the different kinds of powers of attorney. As we have said, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania presumes that every power of attorney is durable, that it will...

Do you have a special needs child? A child with a disability that will keep him from managing day-to-day living? You know you are not alone. Looking ahead, though, you worry that your child will be alone and unable to care for himself. Whether the disability is...

While very few residents of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, think of dying suddenly, most realize the need to prepare for any of life's uncertainties. No one wants to leave their family fractured by failing to plan for the future, which is why estate planning was...

Estate planning tools, such as wills and trusts, enable Pennsylvanians to designate how their assets will be distributed among heirs or beneficiaries after their death. However, wills and trusts are subject to dispute. Anyone who has had to contest a will and...

  In Chester, Pennsylvania, most people spend their lives working to make a living and essentially, to provide a comfortable standard of living for their loved ones. Once people become middle aged, those people usually start to think about old age and estate...