Lawyers can sometimes seem to be speaking another language. Nowhere is this truer than in elder law and estate planning. For example: Do you need an inter vivos trust? What is a “pour over” will? What’s the difference between an irrevocable and revocable trust? A...
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Month: July 2018
Ohio pet owners: Don’t forget to plan for your animals
Many of us know people who refer to their cat or dog as their four-legged child. Maybe that’s what you call yours. While they aren’t children technically, pets certainly are a part of the family. Just as we provide for our children in the event of our death, many of...
Shoplifters able to avoid jail time with alternative program
Shoplifting is a term that is seemly lax in society. When you think of this criminal activity, innocent scenarios might come to mind: like a 6-year-old boy sticking a lollipop into his pocket at the gas station, or a teenage girl walking out of a department store with...
Ohio police officer killed in hit-and-run accident
The community of Mentor, Ohio, suffered a loss of one of its finest recently with the death of a police officer in a hit-and-run accident. A suspect has been charged in the officer’s death. The officer, 41, had stopped to assist a colleague on June 24 around 1 a.m. at...