If you've decided you want a living trust to avoid probate, how should you proceed? Do you need a lawyer, or can you make a living trust yourself? With a little education, most people can draw up a perfectly legal living trust for next to nothing. Read on to learn how living trusts help avoid probate, how to make a living trust, and whether you can make one yourself. How Do Living Trusts Avoid Probate? For many Americans, a significant goal of estate planning is to avoid probate. A revocable living trust, unlike a will, offers a fast, private, probate-free way to transfer one's property after death. Although a living trust is not a complete substitute for a will (it doesn't allow you to...
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A CROWDFUNDING page has now been setup for a British teenager who was arrested over false rape allegations in order to cover her legal fees. The woman told police she had been raped by 12 Israeli men in the party resort of Ayia Napa but later accused police of dictated her confession and ordered her to sign it when she was arrested on a 'public mischief charge'. British woman, 19, led into court after being arrested on suspicion of filing a false complaint of gang rape for which a dozen Israeli teens were held, Cyprus police say Credit: Cyprus Mail (C. Theodorides) The girl's former lawyer, Andreas Pittadjis, spoke outside court today after quitting his role due to a...
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Immigration Lawyer Discusses Working With Families In Mississippi After ICE Raids Now to someone who's been working with some of the families affected by the ICE raids, Marshall Goff. He's an immigration lawyer based in Jackson, Miss. It's the closest big city to where the raids happened. And he described what the last 24 hours in his area have been like. MARSHALL GOFF: These people were working at food processing plants in rural areas, and ICE agents came in yesterday along with Homeland Security agents. And from what I've heard, there were helicopters overhead. And there were a large number of agents that came in and started rounding people up, and things sort of escalated from there....
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The lawyer representing a British woman accused of making a false allegation of gang rape in Cyprus has reportedly withdrawn from the case following a ‘serious disgreement’ with his client. The 19-year-old woman is facing a charge of public nuisance after allegedly falsely accusing a group of 12 Israelis of rape at a hotel in the resort of Ayia Napa. As her lawyer quit, citing a ‘disagreement’, it also appeared that the woman’s family have set up a Go Fund Me page to raise £15,000 for legal fees for her case. According to the page, they claim the teen gave a statement under duress, leading to the collapse of the initial investigation. The Israelis were detained following the woman’s...
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A firm has deleted its LinkedIn page after a saboteur hijacked its account and wrote a profile portraying it as useless. 'Minos Law', a small firm based in northern England, spent a panicked few days last week trying to persuade LinkedIn to take down the amended page. RollOnFriday agreed not to identify the firm by its real name after its Managing Partner begged for anonymity because "the damage to our reputation could ruin us". "Falling apart at the seams...minos law is desperate for clients", ran its new tagline on the networking site. Hopefully some readers were impressed by Minos Law’s unflinching appraisal. "Minos Law LLP is a useless and backward thinking boutique (short for crap)...
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Cover of Cyntoia Brown’s upcoming memoir (Image: Atria, a division of Simon & Schuster) Cyntoia Brown, the former sex trafficking victim who was sentenced to two life sentences for killing a man before being granted clemency, is now a married woman, according to her attorney as well as CBS 17, The Tennessean and WKRN News 2. Brown’s attorney, Ed Yarbrough, told WKRN News 2 that when Brown was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women, she was picked up by her husband who was accompanied by two bodyguards and a literary agent. Fox 17 Nashville wrote that it could not find a local or state marriage license, but the station stated it confirmed that Brown is married to a Texas rapper...
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About Attorneys of the Philippines Attorneys of the Philippines is a free public service. We provide a no-cost legal forum that is open to the public. We also maintain an extensive online law library, regularly produce helpful articles on current legal issues, and manage the Philippines largest directory of attorneys. Ask an Attorney Our Ask an Attorney legal forum provides a free platform for attorneys, lawyers and members of the public to share their knowledge and opinions about current legal issues in the Philippines, as well as learn from each other about the real world application of the law. Participants include attorneys, law students and members of the public with hands-on...
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Name Change Lawyer in Fairfax Changing Your Name after a Divorce or Marriage Have you recently been divorced, married, or need to change your name for another reason? Divorce puts people through tough emotional strain. Once it's over, you may wish to make a clean start for yourself, whether professionally, personally, or both. Some people choose to take back a previous last name, change their children's last names, or take a whole new name following a divorce. If this is the case, call Keithley Law to get started gathering and presenting the necessary documents for a name change. Do You Want to Take Your Spouse's Name? In many cases, couples who get married wish to share the same last name...
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Frequently Asked Questions Claiming or Registering Your Attorney Profile Claiming or Registering Your Attorney Profile Can someone else manage my profile? It is Justia's policy that each claimed lawyer directory profile in our directory must be associated with the corresponding attorney's email address. The person claiming or updating must have access to the lawyer's personal law firm email address. You must use a personal firm email address to claim and update your free profile. Your ability to update your profile may be revoked if you claim your profile using an email other than your personal firm email address (such as a generic office email address). If a firm email address is...
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