by Kelley Way | Apr 7, 2025 | Estate Planning
It’s a legitimate question: Do I really need a lawyer to draft my estate plan? There are many DIY estate plan options out there, and lawyers charge a lot of money to put a will and trust together for a client. So why pay for an attorney if you can get a boiler-plate...
by Kelley Way | Apr 7, 2025 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property
There’s a lot to consider when putting an estate plan together. For self-published authors, rights to their Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account should be on the list. Otherwise, your account will languish while the estate gets sorted out, and rights to your account...
by Kelley Way | Mar 3, 2025 | Estate Planning, Real Estate
A common question I’m asked is: What’s the best way to give my house to my kids? In most cases, parents want their kids to inherit their property with a minimum of taxes owed. This is particularly true of the family house, which kids may want to keep in the...
by Kelley Way | Feb 3, 2025 | Estate Planning, Real Estate
Changes to the Rules in 2025 The California legislature passed a law in 2024, taking effect on April 1, 2025, that makes some significant changes to situations where real property (i.e., land) can be passed on without having to go through probate. For those not in the...
by Kelley Way | Jan 6, 2025 | Estate Planning
There are many different ways you can hold title to real property, like your house, especially if you have multiple people on the title. Let’s go through the various options and the pros and cons of each. You can hold title in your own name, with no one else on the...
by Kelley Way | Jan 6, 2025 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property
With all the copyrighted works of 1929 entering the public domain as of January 1, it’s a good time to ask how copyrights work, and when do copyrights expire. Yes, all copyrighted works will expire at some point. The U.S. Constitution specifically says that creative...
