This is a series celebrating the unexpected legal issues that come up while watching everyone’s favorite talking Great Dane – Scooby-Doo. I grew up watching these shows as a kid. Watching them back with my my kids as an attorney … more

This is a series celebrating the unexpected legal issues that come up while watching everyone’s favorite talking Great Dane – Scooby-Doo. I grew up watching these shows as a kid. Watching them back with my my kids as an attorney … more

Do Not Wait on a Perfect Plan Many people feel like they need to have every detail figured out and every possibility accounted for. If you wait on that you, you will likely never get estate planning done. A better … more

The United States House of Representatives has designated the Third Week of October as “National Estate Planning Awareness Week.” You can read the whole text of the resolution here, which contains some good information and thoughts. There are lots of … more

You have a giant trust. Likely in a giant folder. But you do not know what it says. Or you may not like what it says. It may have come with a giant cost. Or maybe you put it together … more

If you do not make an estate plan, you may leave your spouse in a hard spot. I have seen a couple of these specific issues come up recently and wanted to make a short, concentrated post to hit on … more

I just spoke to someone by phone today about an ancillary estate. Because of the nature of my law practice and the area I live in, I run into ancillary estate issues more than most. Practice & Area The bulk … more

Having a Health Care Proxy has always been important. Having one is likely to be even more important going forward. So, what is a Health Care Proxy? This posts breaks down the basic definition under Oklahoma law into chunks below. … more

Appointing a Health Care Proxy is going to become more important going forward in Oklahoma. It has always been very important. An Advance Directive for Healthcare (the document that names a Health Care Proxy) has always been one of the … more

This blog is currently surveying the high profile estate of Dick Robinson, owner and officer of Scholastic publishing, to explore topics that are helpful for almost all estates and estate planning discussions. So far we have hit on topics such … more