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.
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
Although 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, there are two places in that form where special conditions or limitations can be inserted.
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.