Areas of Practice
4 Big Reasons to Plan During “National Estate Planning Awareness Week”
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning, Uncategorized | No Comments
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
If You Have a Giant Trust You Do Not Understand or Like – Come Talk to Me About It
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning | No Comments
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
Plan for Your Spouse’s Sake
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning | No Comments
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
Real World Examples of Ancillary Estates
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning, Probate | No Comments
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
What is a Health Care Proxy?
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning | No Comments
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
Health Care Proxies Are Going to Become More Important in Oklahoma
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning | No Comments
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
Lessons from Scholastic Owner’s Estate – #4 Choose Carefully Who Will Be In Charge
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning, Probate, Uncategorized | No Comments
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
Lessons from Scholastic Owner’s Estate – #3 Disinheriting
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning, Probate | No Comments
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
Lessons from Scholastic Owner’s Estate – #2 Consider Non-Relatives
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning | No Comments
1st Nov 2021
M. Richard “Dick” Robinson, Jr., longtime chairman, president, CEO, and owner of Scholastic, recently died. You can learn more about that at my prior post (click here). For purposes of this post, we want to hone in on the fact … more
Lessons from Scholastic Owner’s Estate – #1 Have a Plan
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Estate Planning, Probate | No Comments
6th Aug 2021
Summary of the Situation Many news sources (such as this and this and this) are reporting the following: -M. Richard “Dick” Robinson, Jr., longtime chairman, president, CEO, and owner of Scholastic, recently died. -Scholastic is one of the world’s largest … more