Our office frequently meets with clients to review their estate planning strategies, only to find that they have already taken significant “DIY” steps based on a magazine article or an online blog – often from another jurisdiction – or even the advice of a well-meaning but mis-informed friend. Not all …
Finally, fifteen years after the death of “The Godfather of Soul”, James Brown, his estate has been settled. As with other celebrities such as Aretha Franklin and Prince, who died without a coherent estate plan or a will, expensive and time-consuming litigation has been a hall-mark of the James Brown …
By Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Estate Law on Friday, September 6, 2013. Our Family and Estate Law clients who approach us looking for a way to preserve assets through a Pre-nuptial Agreement – particularly those who have a high net worth – will often generate a …
