26th Jan 2024

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

19th Jan 2024

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

21st Oct 2022

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

30th Sep 2022

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

23rd Aug 2022

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

2nd Jun 2022

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

13th Jan 2022

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

5th Jan 2022

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

16th Dec 2021

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

9th Nov 2021

This blog series is using the Estate of M. Richard “Dick” Robinson, Jr., an owner and officer of publishing company Scholastic, to explore interesting estate topics. You can click and read here more about the details of the estate and … more