UNDERSTANDING THE LAW
WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATE PLANNING
- The Truth About Wills: Are you putting your Loved Ones at risk?
- Distribution of Assets Without a Will
- Demystifying the Estate Planning Process
- Estate Planning Checklist
- Wills and Trusts - An Overview
- What is an Advance Directive?
- What is an Irrevocable Trust?
- What is a Living Will?
- Transfer of Real Estate through a "Transfer on Death" Deed.
- Why do I need a will?
- Elder Law
- End of Life Planning
- Healthcare Power of Attorney
- Long Term Care Planning
- Planning for Pets
- POST (Physician's Order - Scope of Treatment
- Special Needs Trust
- Avoiding Common Estate Planning Mistakes
PROBATE AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION
- Probate and Trust Administration - Overview
- What is Probate?
- What is Intestacy Law in Indiana?
- Digital Death Notification - Death in the Digital Age
- Distribution of Assets Without a Will
- Appointing an Executor for LGBT Couples
ADOPTION AND FAMILY FORMATION
- Adoption - General
- Adoption Tax Credit - 2018
- Domestic and International Adoption
- Domestic and International Adoption 2
- Foster Care Adoption
- Making Families
- Navigating Through the Adoption Bureaucracy
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LAW
- Premarital Agreements
- Same Sex Marriage Planning
- Adoption - General
- We Can Get Married Now, But Should We?
- Guardianship
LGBTQ ISSUES
- LGBTQ Self-Defense in the Trump/Pence Era
- Why Does My Wife Need to Adopt My Baby
- Domestic Partnership, Dissolution of Domestic Partnerships and Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Establish and Contest Guardianship Proceedings
- Long-Term Planning for the LGBT Community
- LLC Formation for LGBT Owned Businesses
- Supreme Court Rulings
- Rights of LGBT Parents and Children
- Appointing an Executor for LGBT Couples
- Second-Parent, or Co-Parent Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples
- Social Security and Same-Sex Marriage
- Transgender Name and Gender Changes
- We're Married! Now What?
- Non-Probate Transfer of Real Estate, TOD Deeds
- We Can Get Married Now, But Should We?
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DEATH IN THE DIGITAL AGE
We live in a world of constant communication: email, Facebook, and Twitter are simply a few ways that people let the world know their every thought and feeling. Why should this be exclusive to life? For those who wish to communicate to their loved ones after death, there are more and more precedents being set for individuals to leave messages to their friends and families. (read full article)
WHY DOES MY WIFE NEED TO ADOPT MY BABY?
The legal relationship between a child and his or her same-sex married parents is one area in which current laws fail to safeguard the security of gay and lesbian families. It is especially important for lesbian couples who decide to have children to understand that they still need to protect their families through every legal means possible, including second parent or stepparent adoption. (read full article)
LONG TERM CARE PLANNING
The legal relationship between a child and his or her same-sex married parents is one area in which current laws fail to safeguard the security of gay and lesbian families. It is especially important for lesbian couples who decide to have children to understand that they still need to protect their families through every legal means possible, including second parent or stepparent adoption. (read full article)
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