What is Copyright?

What is Copyright?

To watch the video version of this article, please click here: kawaylaw.com/videos Unlike some estate planning terms, like per stirpes, most everyone has heard of copyright. However, there’s still some confusion regarding, what is copyright, and what does it protect?...
The Differences Between Per Stirpes and Per Capita

The Differences Between Per Stirpes and Per Capita

To view the video version of this article, please click here: kawaylaw.com/videos There’s a line on my intake sheet that reads like this: Division: Intestate / Per Stirpes / Per Capita Naturally, there is some confusion about what this means since most people aren’t...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 2 – Steps to Create an Estate Plan

Estate Planning Basics, Part 2 – Steps to Create an Estate Plan

Estate Planning Basics: Steps to Create Your Estate Plan Last month in the first article in this series, I went over what documents are included in a typical estate plan. This month in part two of estate planning basics, I’ll go over how one actually puts an estate...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 1 – What Documents Do I Need?

Estate Planning Basics, Part 1 – What Documents Do I Need?

Creating an estate plan can be confusing if you don’t know estate planning basics. For example, most of my estate planning clients come to me because they were told they needed a trust. Wait, maybe it was a will? Which one lets the person talk to their doctors,...