By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an Idaho estate planning attorney, I often get phone calls from clients or potential clients who have questions. I do my best to answer these questions and try to help each individual out as best I can. However, answering questions is…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney I’ve been an estate planning attorney now for more than 20 years. During this time, I’ve seen a lot of situations arise between parents and children when it comes to estate planning. In particular, there have been many instances where I have…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Several years ago, I posted an article about Casey Kasem’s death and how his children and other family members who were fighting over his estate. As I’ve said before, I often follow celebrities and other famous people when it comes to their…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney for more than 20 years I’ve seen just about every situation you can think of arise when it comes to dealing with family members and distributing estate assets. One of the questions that comes up regularly is…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney in Idaho for the last 20 years I am always interested in things that are done by celebrities when it comes to their estate planning or, after their deaths what occurs within their estate. The reason for…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney When Christmas or birthdays roll around every year, we spend time thinking about the very best gifts that we can give to our family and loved ones. Sometimes we even think about the gifts that we are going to receive. We do…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Maybe you’ve thought about estate planning. Perhaps you even got to the point where you’ve decided that you want to get your estate planning done. So, what do you do now? When I talk to estate planning clients, I find that this…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney When it comes to your Idaho estate planning you are in complete control if you have a well thought out and complete written last will and testament. If you do not have a written Will, then your estate will be distributed based…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney There are many misunderstandings about probate. These misunderstandings often come from the stories we hear from family members or friends. Even when these stories happen in other states and places, I’ve found that many of my clients are concerned. The main reason:…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Over the 20-plus years that I’ve practiced as an estate planning attorney I’ve seen just about every situation you can imagine. Many of these situations include individuals on their actual deathbeds wanting to complete their estate planning, including getting their written last…