by Kelley Way | May 6, 2024 | Estate Planning
Believe it or not, the question of how to properly amend a trust has been the subject of much debate and controversy in the legal world over the last few years. The California Supreme Court has finally issued a ruling on the subject, so here’s an article going through...
by Kelley Way | Apr 1, 2024 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property
Making Copyright Bequests Let’s say you have written and published a book. Congratulations! Then you realize that you actually have to market the book to get people to buy it, and suddenly, it’s not so fun anymore. Or perhaps you’re happy with the...
by Kelley Way | Apr 1, 2024 | Estate Planning
What Kind of Trust Do I Want? One frequently asked question I hear is whether the person should have a revocable or irrevocable trust. This is usually followed by the question, what is an irrevocable or revocable trust, and what’s the difference between the two?...
by Kelley Way | Mar 5, 2024 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Intellectual Property
I was presented with an interesting question a while back when an author had to deal with fanfiction. A writer was successful enough to have a fanbase, who would sometimes send her fanfiction they wrote based on her novels. At one point, a fan sent her some fanfiction...
by Kelley Way | Mar 4, 2024 | Estate Planning
The Difference Between Per Capita and Per Stirpes I find that a number of my clients have heard the term “per stirpes,” but few actually know what it means (no, it’s not a disease). Even fewer have heard the term “per capita.” The legal community uses both...
