When you own stuff and you're alive, it's easy to give your stuff away. You hand it over. You write a check. You sign an agreement. After you pass away, what happens to the stuff that's stuck in your name? You're not able to write checks any more - obviously.
Read MoreSanta’s lawyer would argue that if you put up a Christmas tree and wanted presents under it, if you set out milk and cookies on a plate, or if you kids wrote Santa a letter, those all constitute an invitation, making him an invitee.
Read MoreI've heard a number of allegations over the years from clients and their family members that certain documents, such as wills or trusts, are or are not valid. The reasons vary from the document lacking an embossed notary stamp to documents having been drafted by an attorney who isn't practicing anymore.
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