Law Office of Russell M. Blood, PC

12/12/2021

Woke up to this beautiful scene out my front window this morning!

07/08/2021

So true!

🤔 Remember hearing about what happened to all her money after she passed last year?
We don’t either.
Very little is known about what happened with her estate, and this is not by luck or chance.
✅ She planned it well and planned it right.
Otherwise, the media would have covered it from head to toe by now.
The media has had zero coverage on it. And that’s what happens when a celebrity dies and had their estate planning done correctly.

11/15/2018

How important is it to get your trust funded? Should you do it yourself? Read about some of the hazards of self-funding your trust.
https://russbloodlaw.com/2018/11/14/the-hazards-of-self-funded-trusts/

10/16/2018

Explore four reasons why most estate plans just don't work. https://russbloodlaw.com/2018/10/16/4-reasons-why-most-estate-plans-just-dont-work/

09/14/2018

Can you protect your kids' inheritance from their creditors and predators - and bankruptcy trustee? https://russbloodlaw.com/2018/09/14/my-kids-bankruptcy-trustee-grabbed-their-inheritance/

09/03/2018

Are you kidding me!! Aretha Franklin died without a will? That was my reaction when I first heard that another famous person died without a will.

What can we learn from Aretha Franklin and other celebrities who died without a will, or who had out-of-date and un-funded estate plans?

07/13/2017

This blog includes four tips for creating an estate plan that works, including (1) get an expert opinion, (2) tie your business into your estate plan, (3) why leaving a lump sum to your beneficiary may not be a good idea, and (4) don't forget to update your plan.

In a study conducted by caring.com in 2015, only 56% of American households had a will or a living trust. While most of us understand the importance of having a will in place, especially in seeing to the needs of a young family, there is still an unexplained resistance to attending to legal matters…

06/20/2017

Consider involving your estate planning attorney in a family meeting to help you describe your estate plan, and prepare them for what lies ahead.

While communicating your wishes about the distribution of your assets with your children and heirs well in advance is the ideal way for any individual to handle this situation, we understand that it can be a difficult subject to approach....

04/15/2017

Practice Areas: estate planning (including trusts, wills, powers of attorney), probate and trust adm