The Law Office of Mark J. Lamb

03/14/2024

Kids get older and my hair gets grayer.

02/24/2023

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-feel-very-hurt-my-late-wifes-parents-cut-me-out-of-their-will-and-reduced-my-daughters-inheritance-were-being-punished-after-i-remarried-what-do-we-do-fcc92cf7

‘Before my first wife was diagnosed with cancer, her father told me that if anything ever happened to my wife, I would receive one-third of their inheritance.’

11/26/2021

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/im-a-proud-unvaccinated-trump-supporter-two-of-my-siblings-have-not-spoken-to-me-in-a-decade-should-i-cut-them-out-of-my-7m-estate-11637866510

06/09/2021

A part of my job is advising clients, after they lose a parent, on how to resolve family issues just like this one. Almost always a little more planning by the parents could have resolved the issue before it led to their children fighting over what they each interpret as fair.

‘None of us are wealthy, but because my sister lived with my parents for approximately eight years prior to their deaths, we didn’t contest her demands.’

12/12/2020

Unless you want to gift your children real property now (which is bad for cap gains tax) there is not much you can do to avoid reassessment of real property inherited by your children - unless they keep it as their primary residence.

Proposition 19, which was marketed as a provision to benefit homeowners who are over 55, the disabled, and wildfire/disaster victims, actually…

10/18/2020

After almost eight years in Land Park on Riverside Blvd., I am excited to announce that I am moving my office next week to 3001 I Street, Suite 130. It's right on the corner of 30th and I, and just a couple of blocks from McKinley Park. You have driven by this building a million times. Easy access, plenty of parking, and more!

03/18/2020

The Law Office of Mark J. Lamb offers in-home appointments. I can even bring my mask.

06/16/2019

Don't push your adult kids away. Here's what you shouldn't do, and how to maintain your relationship with your grown-up children.

05/02/2019

I had a case like this. I started the Probate with a step-daughter of the decedent. That same week an heir search company found ten great-nieces and nephews who inherited almost all of the millionaire's assets. My client, the only person who actually knew him, received a fraction of what the others did. The worst part for me was that the heir search company hired an attorney to represent their clients and the court chose him to replace me as the attorney for the estate because he represented ten beneficiaries and me just one. My fee when it was over --$0.00.

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?