There has recently been a major change in the statutes relating to inherited property when there is a divorce. This change relates to assets that are inherited by one spouse during marriage.
While it may seem that your lawyer is asking for a lot of detail, and while it may be inconvenient to provide this detail, it can be very important to provide the details that a lawyer is asking for.
Oregon Advance Directives for Health Care (called Living Wills in some other states) must be in the form prescribed in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 127.531.
When a person is meeting with a lawyer to discuss a Will or a Trust, or other estate planning documents, it is very important that the person be alone with the lawyer.
Most retirement assets are in the name of a single person. Examples include true pensions, as well as IRAs, 401(k)s and similar tax sensitive saving mechanisms designed to fund a person’s retirement. Other kinds of assets, such as stock options (whether vested or not) can have similar chara