As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, Americans love their pets. A 2016 National Pet Owners Survey reported that 65% of all American households have at least one pet. This is up from 56% in 1988. According to the American Humane Association, more households in the U.S. have a pet than have a child. According to […]
Like Christmas, the back-to-school season seems to creep up faster every year. While you might be focusing on more typical school supplies for your college student (like a new computer, clothes, dorm supplies, etc.), don’t forget about the legal issues a new school year can bring. Remember, though they’ll always be our kids, we don’t […]
In the fall of 2019, Adams and Woodrow, S.C. merged with McCarty Law LLP. Ben Adams and Bill Woodrow, along with their paralegal, Brenda Mertz, joined McCarty Law because their attorneys offered the same services that Adams and Woodrow did, namely Elder and Special Needs, Estate Planning (Wills and Trusts), Probate and Estate Settlement law, […]
In one of the episodes of ‘Game of Thrones,’ they host a funeral for Hoster Tully, head of House Tully of Riverrun. Tully’s body is put on a small raft and pushed out onto the river while his family watches solemnly. As his corpse drifts with the current, an archer shoots a flaming arrow at […]
Wispact trusts are a popular topic on our blog (click here for our first four articles WisPACT 1, WisPACT 2, WisPACT 3, WisPACT 4). A quick refresher – WisPACT trusts allow loved ones to set funds aside for a disabled individual’s needs without jeopardizing eligibility for government benefits such as Supplement Security Income (SSI) or […]
TV and radio legend Larry King passed away last month at the age of 87 from developing sepsis as a complication from COVID-19. Over his illustrious career, King conducted over 50,000 interviews of celebrities, politicians and other interesting people, earning him two Peabody awards, an Emmy and ten Cable ACE Awards. King was married eight […]
We’ve talked before about what a WisPACT Trust is, the different types, who is eligible for a WisPACT trust, and how to set up one of these trusts. Now that you may have a WisPACT trust created and funded, clients routinely ask, “How do I get my money out of the trust?” or “How do […]
Where do you live? Appleton, WI Where are you from? I spent my first ten years in a small town in central Illinois called Manito. I then moved to Springfield, Illinois, where I remained through high school. My husband and I met in Chicago, where I lived during law school. My legal practice…focuses on estate […]
One of the issues I run into frequently with my estate planning clients is that they have a child who is disabled that they want to “cut out of the Will” out of fear that an inheritance may jeopardize the child’s benefits. In some instances, this is a huge concern. In others, however, it’s not […]
On November 3rd, we will vote in the next Presidential election. Depending on the outcome of this election, there is a possibility that the estate tax exemption will be reduced. We want to alert you to this potential change in case you have any questions or would like to update your estate plan. While there […]