By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Estate planning, and coming up with a written estate plan, doesn’t need to be difficult. When you have the right help, and you are doing it the right way, it can actually be a fairly simple process. However, many well-meaning individuals often…
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CAN A SUICIDE NOTE BE A VALID WILL?
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…
DO KIDS HAVE A RIGHT TO READ THEIR PARENT’S ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS?
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…
CASEY KASEM AND YOUR ESTATE PLANNING
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…
REPOSSESSION OF COLLATERAL
By Stephen J. Muhonen, Creditor’s Rights / Collections Attorney, Racine Olson, PLLP One of the most important priorities for a creditor or lender when entering into a contract with a borrower or debtor is ensuring they have a perfected security interest in the property that is being purchased. The purpose…
LEAVE NOTHING TO YOUR CHILDREN
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…
LEAVING NOTHING TO YOUR SPOUSE
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…
COLLECTING ON A FOREIGN JUDGMENT
By Stephen J. Muhonen, Creditor’s Rights / Collections Attorney, Racine Olson, PLLP As a judgment holder, it goes without saying that attempting to collect upon that judgment can be terribly frustrating, cumbersome, and unfruitful. Said otherwise, sometimes the process is just an emotional and physical drain. You invested so much…
PRE-PLAN YOUR FUNERAL
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…
HOW TO START YOUR ESTATE PLANNING: FILL OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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…