Elizabeth G. Blust, Attorney at Law

05/02/2026

The guys are here, too!

05/02/2026

Out at the Park 2026. We're not singing the Anthem this time, but that just means we can take pictures of the San Diego Women's Chorus while they sing without us.

08/20/2025

Taylor Tomlinson included a whole segment in her recent comedy tour about estate planning. She warns her fans, "if you die without a will, your siblings aren't going to get your stuff -- like I thought -- but your parents are! So, even if you don't think you have much in the way of material goods, make a will if you don't want your parents to get your TV and your toaster. " (Maybe not an exact quote, but that was the idea.) Thanks, Taylor! I'm always happy to see popular culture references to estate planning.

06/21/2025

Summer is here! Don't let it slip away.

12/06/2024

I hope you've all been good this year.

07/02/2024

Join me Thurs., July 11, from 6:00-7:30 pm, with host Diana Culver as I present a segment on Trust & Wills as part of her Adulting 101 series. Live in La Mesa or online. Free when you register through Eventbrite.

Ready to tackle the real world? Join us for Adulting 101 Session #2 and level up your adulting skills!

05/04/2024

I've always enjoyed finding probate and estate planning references in pop culture. I'm currently streaming the show "Fisk", from Australia, about a corporate lawyer who ends up working for a small-town probate firm.

08/29/2023

I have wondered about this one, and some of the other words he mentions near the end!

And who put it there, anyway?

06/29/2023

Something reminded me of this article today. I haven't bartered recently, though. Attorney Nisha Bhakta, when she was a law clerk, contributed to the original article, but that note was lost in this reprint.

In the opening scene of the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird” — and in a later scene in the book by Harper Lee — client Walter Cunningham brings a bag of hickory nuts to lawyer Atticus Finch as payment for the latter’s help with the former’s entailment. Now that I am a lawyer myself, I under...

07/13/2022

A lovely story and a lesson.

Don't waste precious moments trying to jog a loved one's memory. Just live in the moment with them.