Law Blog

We blogged about the Queen of Soul dying intestate back in March 2021. A new probate court development has brought her voice back from the grave to address her testamentary wishes.

Spouses in a second marriage frequently use joint trusts to convey assets to all of their children. This post examines what can happen after the first spouse passes.

Adult guardianships place great powers in the hands of one adult over another. Over the years, some guardianship cases have featured elder abuse leading to a call for significant reform.

Michigan Supreme Court considers a case involving the parenting rights of a now-split-up same-sex couple. The case pits the biological mother of the child against her former partner; the two were never married and the child was born prior to the recognition of marital equality in 2012.

This post explores a form of financial elder abuse where the bad actor induces a romantic relationship with an elderly person in order to inherit their estate. Bad actors in elder abuse schemes often go to great lengths to bilk their victim, including getting married to the target.

This post explores strategies available if you are co-parenting with a narcissist.

Superstar athletes and other high earners are often obligated to pay high child support. What happens when a parent has a high-income; how much child support is too much child support?

Like diet and exercise, estate planning is often at the top of New Year’s Resolutions. Just as the diet fades by St. Patrick’s day, and trips to the gym stop with the onset of warmer weather, estate planning never seems to get planned.

Ever since frozen embryo and cryopreservation technology achieved viability in the early-1980s, divorces and break-ups are occasionally complicated by the disposition of frozen eggs and embryos.

When Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018, she left behind four adult sons, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. At the time of her death, she apparently had no will or estate plan; this is known as dying intestate.