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A few months ago, a family called me in the middle of a crisis that most of us will eventually face in one form or another. The parents were 91 and 96. One had cancer. The other had dementia. No one had a plan, and by the time I was brought in, decisions that should […]

If most states offer a standard, fill-in-the-blank power of attorney form, why do you still need a lawyer to draft one? Because those forms tend to give your agent broad, general power, and general power often isn’t enough. Courts read power of attorney documents narrowly. If the law requires a specific power to be spelled […]

The Reiner Case and a $1.5 Million Question

“Revocable trust” sounds reassuringly flexible. Change it. Amend it. Tear it up and start over. But revocable for whom? The legal battle over Nick Reiner’s $1.5 million trust offers an unusually dramatic lesson in what trusts can, and cannot, do. Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered his parents, Rob Reiner […]

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