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This Year, Resolve to Finish Funding Your Revocable Trust

Many individuals who have set up an estate plan use a tool referred to as a “revocable trust” (sometimes called a “living trust”). One of the primary benefits of using a revocable trust is to … Read More

Patient’s Plan of Care: Goals and Treatment Options

As an attorney who advocates the use of advance directives for implementing health care decisions made by clients before a life-threatening situation arises, I am often asked how anyone can be sure whether that person’s … Read More

Is Your Estate Plan Really Complete?

Many people think that signing their Will or Revocable Trust is the last step in executing their estate plan. Often, there are additional actions that need to be taken to complete the plan. Are your … Read More

Are there Roadblocks Preventing You from Starting Your Estate Plan?

Estate planning deals with issues that are of enormous significance in all of our lives, such as the financial and medical care that we’ll need when we are vulnerable, or the legacy that we hope … Read More

Intentional Interference with Inheritance

Recently, in the case of Barclay v. Castruccio, the Maryland Court of Appeals recognized, for the first time, a claim for intentional interference with an inheritance or gift. This cause of action can arise when … Read More

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