January 31, 2015 0 Grandparent Visitation Rights in New Hampshire Traditionally, the common law denied grandparents visitation with a child over a parent’s objections. [...]
January 30, 2015 0 Divorce and Military Pensions A military pension is a retirement benefit just like other pensions. A military pension is provided to [...]
January 28, 2015 0 Cohabitation Agreements – Why They are Necessary I married in 1968. According to Pew Research Center, at the time I married, about 9% of men and 8% of women [...]
January 27, 2015 0 Deflategate 2015 – My Review I got home last night only to hear that the NFL had identified a “person of interest” in the [...]
January 26, 2015 0 Alimony/Maintenance Awards Alimony/Maintenance Awards It appears there was a time when alimony/spousal maintenance was awarded as [...]
January 25, 2015 0 Proving Loss of Life Damages in New Hampshire Part of the damages that can be claimed in a wrongful death action in New Hampshire are loss of life damages. [...]
January 24, 2015 0 Would You Leave Me Your Liver? An anatomical gift is frequently a gift of life itself. It is a donation of organs and tissues for the [...]
January 23, 2015 0 Trusts that are Imposed Not all trusts are created – some are imposed. One trust that is imposed is called a constructive [...]
January 22, 2015 0 The Greatest Gift – Planning Ahead – Written by Brad W. Wilder of DLO written by Brad W. Wilder The Greatest Gift There is an old saying that the only sure things in life [...]
January 21, 2015 0 Ruling from the Graveyard: Life Estates Consider the following language that appears in a deed (but could also appear in a will): “The [...]
January 20, 2015 0 Ripping and Tearing – How to Revoke a Prior Will You’ve just looked at the will you created ten years ago and you say “Whoa, what was I thinking?” Then [...]
January 16, 2015 0 You died First – No, you died First. Most wills have provisions in them that say that property goes to a certain person if they survive them. If [...]
January 15, 2015 0 Nominating A Guardian At one time, the English Parliament passed a provision that a father could appoint a guardian to take control [...]
January 14, 2015 0 Fighting Wills and Playing Tennis In New Hampshire, we have a concept called self-proving wills. A will is self proving as long as it [...]
January 13, 2015 0 No Contest Clauses It has been a long-standing rule in New Hampshire that a beneficiary who contests a will will forfeit his/her [...]
January 12, 2015 0 How an Intestate Estate Passes in Vermont In Vermont, if you die without a will, but are survived by spouse, the spouse receives the entire intestate [...]
January 11, 2015 0 History of Living Wills When doing an estate plan, a person should not only consider writing a will; they should also consider [...]
January 9, 2015 0 Will Substitutes Whenever we think of the process of transferring property at death, we always think of wills; however, there [...]
January 8, 2015 0 Formalities of Writing a Will The following actually occurred. A man’s aunt, a New Hampshire resident, is dying in the hospital. She has [...]
January 6, 2015 0 Writing a Will When You Own a Business My father owned a trucking company. At one point, it was quite large and reasonably profitable. It was a nice [...]
January 4, 2015 0 Focus Group: Alcohol Abuse WILL YOU ACT AS MY FOCUS GROUP? I’m talking about alcohol abuse here! As you may know, there is something [...]
January 1, 2015 0 Channeling “Galvin” Paul Newman once played a lawyer whose last name was “Galvin.” The movie was “The Verdict.” I had [...]