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Does Your Trust Protect Your Beneficiaries From Themselves?John Goralka, J.D., LL.M., discusses issues he sees with beneficiary mistakes.
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What Can Cause Your Trust to FailJohn Goralka, J.D., LL.M., discusses issues he sees that causes trusts to fail.
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How to Choose Your Trustee or Executor of Your WillAbove all, you should choose someone you trust, keeping in mind that acting as a trustee or executor can be a complex, thankless and sometimes long-term job.
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Nine Lessons to Be Learned From the Hilton Family Trust ContestDisclaimers, good communication, post-marital agreements could help avoid conflict in a family after the owners of a wealthy estate pass away.
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All Living Trusts Are Not The Same!Understanding the different types of living trusts, such as revocable and irrevocable, is crucial.
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What is Probate?Probate is the general administration of a deceased person's will or the estate of a deceased person without a will.
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How Did O.J. Simpson Avoid Paying the Brown and Goldman Families?And now that he’s died, will the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman be able to collect on the 1997 civil judgment?
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California’s Tallest Tomb is a Testament for the Need for a Detailed Estate PlanWe should all be very careful and precise describing what we want.
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Another Celebrity Horror Story in the Making: Lessons from Anne Heche’s EstateNow, following Heche’s tragic death, we have learned that she died without an estate plan (in other words, she died “intestate”).
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Inclusion in the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in AmericaJohn Goralka, of Goralka Law Firm, P.C. is recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his exemplary work in Tax Law and Trusts and Estates.
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Britney Spears’ Sad Song … Warning: This Could Happen to YouBeing forced into conservatorship and losing all control over your life isn’t something that just happens in movies.
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Lessons to Learn From Philip Seymour HoffmanGoralka Law Firm | Philip Seymour Hoffman