PARALEGAL SERVICES

​ Losing a loved one is overwhelming. For many, the weight of grief doesn’t just impact the heart—it halts the head. When a family member is named as a successor trustee, they are often expected to step into a complex legal role while their world is still spinning. This situation often leads to Inheritance in Limbo. This happens when a trustee becomes frozen or stuck, unable to take the necessary steps to manage or distribute the estate. While it usually starts with good inte

Most people approach estate planning with a beautiful, optimistic assumption—My children love each other. They would never fight over money. They’ll follow my instructions exactly. But here is the reality we see after 36 years in the legal field—Death changes people. The way a child or family member functions under the weight of grief, newfound inheritance, and a lack of oversight can be drastically different from the person you know today. Estate planning is your final act o

Digital Assets & RUFADAA Your legacy is about more than just real estate and bank accounts; it’s about the decades of family photos, the digital archives of your life, and the messages that hold your history. The days of film cameras, photo processing, and physical scrapbooking have largely been replaced by smartphones and cloud storage. Today, many of our most meaningful memories live in cloud accounts, email platforms, and social media services run by third-party companies

Dear Counsel: Attorneys often ask me what kind of law I prefer. There is a lot of law I DON’T like (tax law, water law…) However, it is...